Citizen Science: Motivated cleaning up of litter
Amsterdam, 23 August 2018– The banks of the Meuse and Waal rivers will be kept clean by volunteers for five […]
Trash hunters
Policy of balloon discouragement has absolutely no effect
Amsterdam, 16 August 2018 – Every summer, the whole North Sea coastline is cleaned by volunteers. This year, the Boskalis […]
International investors set demands on plastic packaging
Amsterdam, 23 July 2018 – On the initiative of As You Sow, 25 international investors have united in the Plastic […]
McDonald’s says goodbye to plastic straw
Amsterdam, 13 July 2018 – SumOfUs.org campaigned against the plastic straws of McDonald’s and collected more than half a million […]
Morocco proves: ban on plastic bags is pointless without enforcement
Amsterdam, July 3, 2018 – Today is World Plastic Bag Free Day. On July 3rd, people around the world call […]
United Nations advises countries to take measures against plastic
Amsterdam, June 5, 2018 –– Up to now, there have been no international agreements that compel countries to reduce their […]
MONTHLY A CLEANING DAY IN SIERRA LEONE
Amsterdam, May 23, 2018 – The president of Sierra Leone recently announced the implementation of a national cleanup day. The […]
New measures in European Union to tackle the plastic soup
Amsterdam, 17 May 2018 – The European Commission has drafted a directive that deals with single-use plastic. The proposal will […]
Cambodia: Vicous Circle of Bottled Water
Amsterdam, May 3, 2018 — You can’t tell from the photos, but there is a beach somewhere under all the plastic […]
Disregarded tins kill
Amsterdam, 19 April 2018 – The Flemish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries recently set up an online incident desk Meldpunt scherp-in […]
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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.
