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 […]
Trash hunters
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 […]
Worldwide call for a Clean Planet: Bring in container deposits to combat pollution from bottles and cans
Amsterdam, 9 May 2019 – A worldwide network of environmental organisations from five continents is calling for the worldwide introduction […]
Disappointing UNEA resolution on plastic soup: Shell and Unilever get their own way
Amsterdam, 20th March 2019 – The world has chosen not to combat the plastic soup with a reduction in plastics […]
At least 24 million nurdles washed up on dutch beaches
Amsterdam, 14thMarch 2019 – A small 24 million ‘nurdles’ have been washed ashore on the beaches of the Wadden Sea Islands […]
Does the Rutte cabinet really want less plastic?
Amsterdam, 6 March 2019 – State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven (D66) of Infrastructure and Water Management has promised that in […]
Extensive loss of pellets at sea remains without sanctions
Plastic Soup Foundation organizes a pellet count in the Netherlands Amsterdam, 28 January 2019 – At the start of this […]
Plastic pollution & health Photo Contest
Do you care about the environment and are concerned about plastic pollution? Are you a photographer or you enjoy taking […]
Action multinationals essential to rid the world of Plastic Soup
Amsterdam, 15 November 2018 – Together with the United Nations Environment, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation recently launched The New Plastics […]
Latest news
Cosmetics industry misleads consumers and government
The industry stated in 2018 that the use of plastic microbeads had decreased by 97.6% and pledged that no more personal care products with plastic microbeads would be sold by 2020. However, such products are still offered for sale, according to scientific research.
How hazardous carpet waste ends up in horse riding arenas
Journalist Laura Hoogenraad has been researching the reuse of old, shredded carpets full of chemicals in horse riding arenas, and this is what she found out:
Children’s playgrounds are a source of toxic microplastics
In children’s playgrounds, industrial waste full of toxic substances is being used as part of the “circular economy”.
Are babies sufficiently protected against microplastics?
For the first time, scientists have found microplastics in the placenta. Recent research has also shown that babies consume 1.6 million microplastics daily via food from plastic bottles.
