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 […]
Trash hunters
Camera in Wageningen captures coral eating plastic
Amsterdam, 12 June 2019 – Filmed for the first time: coral eating microplastics. And they even seem to enjoy it. […]
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 […]
Chemicals from plastic found in eggs of the fulmar
Amsterdam, February 20, 2019 – Fulmars skim the surface of the sea in search of food. They do not only […]
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 […]
Endless varieties of wildlife consuming and defecating plastic
Amsterdam, 27 November 2018 – Dutch researchers determined in 2015 already that the number of marine species affected by plastic either […]
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Plastic rocks on an isolated island
The sombre message of stones made of plastic found on an uninhabited island far from the Brazilian coast.
EU ban on microplastics in cosmetics: too slow and too limited
Cosmetics companies selling personal care products without microplastics are calling for the swift introduction of a total ban in an open letter.
Sungai Watch prevents Bali’s plastic waste from reaching the ocean
In Bali, more and more rivers are being cleaned from plastic waste every day. What do Dutch travel suitcases made from recycled ocean plastic have to do with that?
Chemicals plastic cause overweight
Scientists suspect that fat formation in human bodies is stimulated by plastic.
