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Trash hunters

Are you a ‘Fred’?

World Cleanup Day 2021: Plastic Soup Foundations celebrates all those heroes who clean up litter day after day.

Three problems with the global sustainability goals in terms of the plastic soup

The 2015 United Nations Global Sustainability Goals do not include the plastic soup. This oversight has significant implications.

Local rainstorms make the plastic soup even worse

All efforts to keep plastic out of the environment can be undone by natural disasters such as tsunamis and rainstorms. This is exceptionally bad news for the plastic soup.

Industry must not sabotage the ban on UV-328

UV-328 is a toxic substance that the plastic industry often uses. A proposal to ban this substance under the Stockholm Convention is being challenged by industry.

Already, the industry is deviously trying to circumvent the new deposit scheme.

30 June 2021Also published today at Volkskrant Starting today in The Netherlands, you can turn in small plastic bottles for […]

Join the Refill Revolution!

For the first time ever, it was World Refill Day on Wednesday 16 June. Environmental organisations called for this day to draw attention to the solution to the problem of plastic pollution.

How the ‘P for Plastic’ got included in scuba hand signals

To communicate with each other divers have special hand gestures for all kinds of fish and sea creatures, but why not for plastic?

Manufacturers evade deposits by making plastic cans and aluminum bottles

Amsterdam, 30 August 2019 – It is almost certain that at the beginning of 2021 a deposit will be introduced […]

Coca-Cola Recycling Fail: tag your Litterati photo #CCRF

Amsterdam, 8 August 2019 – Coca-Cola has announced that no bottle or can with their brand should be left as […]

Coca-Cola: Let’s not waste this summer

Amsterdam, 25 July 2019 – Isn’t it nice to drink a cold coke during a hot summer? Coca-Cola sales will […]

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European supermarkets under fire in new research

Large European supermarkets can and should do much more to reduce their plastic usage.

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The best cosmetics without microplastics

With our Beat the Microbead- app, you can scan all your personal care products yourself to see if they contain plastic. Our research shows that 9 out of 10 cosmetics products contain microplastics.

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Scientists call for a worldwide cap on plastic production

In a letter submitted to Science, scientists argue for a cap on plastic production. It is the only way to stop plastic pollution.

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Plastic confronts scientists with new natural phenomenon

Plastic pollution manifests itself in nature in different ways. Scientists are starting to understand these new and unexpected ‘natural phenomena’.

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