Ocean 5 is raising money for us!
In December 2019 the men of Team Ocean 5 will participate in the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge. This race is […]
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Belgian solo rower Carl Plasschaert crosses the ocean for the Talisker Whiskey Ocean Race!
Carl Plasschaert heard about the Talisker Whisky Ocean Challenge for the first time in January 2018. In December 2019, he […]
Race against Tides for the Plastic Soup Foundation
Every year, 5,000 runners from all over the world line up for the start of the Marathon du Mont Saint-Michel […]
Sailing through the plastic soup for the plastic soup!
Between June and August 2018, Johan de Meij will sail through oceans of plastic from Lelystad to Terceira on the […]
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Babies ingest 1.6 million microplastics daily through bottle-feeding
Babies drink millions of microplastics per liter of bottle feeding. Irish researchers sound the alarm. They advocate more research into potentially harmful effects and better instructions for parents
High risk that Europe will fail to meet its recycling targets
The European rules on plastic recycling are being tightened up. At present, a great deal is still wrongly included, such as plastic that is exported outside the EU and is not recycled but dumped there. The new starting points show that recycling targets will not be met. The Netherlands, too, uses recycling figures that are far too promising.
EnvironMenstrual Week
This week is EnvironMenstrual Week, a week in which more than twenty European organisations draw attention to the negative effects of disposable menstrual products on the environment and our health.
Plastic: Shell’s leaky lifebuoy
Because of the oil crisis, Shell has announced a significant restructuring, but investments in plastic production remain out of the question. However, the attention paid to the plastic soup and measures taken by governments to limit the use of plastic will be detrimental to the group, says a Carbon Check report
