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 […]
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Greenpeace torpedoes plans of multinationals to curb plastic soup
Amsterdam, 14 November 2018 – Greenpeace exposes the falsehoods in the plans and actions of multinationals to curb the plastic […]
Microplastics in insects in rivers South Wales
Amsterdam, 13 November 2018– Is plastic pollution causing microplastics to penetrate the food chains of freshwater ecosystems? A recent research answers […]
Over 30 kilos of plastic waste per person a year and barely recycled
Amsterdam, 2 November 2018 – The European Commission is taking a series of measures to reduce the number of plastic […]
Cotton bread bag is becoming mainstream
Amsterdam, 31 October 2018 – The free plastic bag has been banned for a while now, but this is not […]
EU Parliamentarians join cleanup, day before the vote on Plastics Strategy
Members of Parliament clean Strasbourg Over 30 European politicians and their staff joined the cleanup today in Strasbourg to show […]
Polluting drink multinationals lobby against fixed caps
Amsterdam, 18 October 2018 – Soft drink caps are one of the most common items found on beaches. The caps are […]
Coca-Cola Largest Plastic Polluter
Amsterdam, 10 October 2018 – Worldwide research into the origin of plastic waste has identified Coca-Cola as the worst plastic […]
Tens of thousands of pieces of litter cleared up in the Netherlands on World Cleanup Day
Amsterdam, 16 September 2018 – Thousands of participants registered and cleaned up more than 35,000 pieces of litter in The Netherlands […]
Cleanup system of Boyan Slat entered the Pacific Ocean
Amsterdam, 14 September 2018 On Saturday the 8th of September the cleanup system of Boyan Slat entered the Pacific Ocean. […]
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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.
