The European Commission and Pellet Loss
Amsterdam, January 24, 2018 — Everyday, four shipping containers spill into the sea worldwide. Sometimes, these containers are filled with […]
What is plastic soup?
Plastic Strategy: The European Commission’s Vision for Plastic
Amsterdam, January 17, 2018 — In the spirit of turning challenges into chances, the European Commission presented its Plastic Strategy […]
Gammarids shred a single plastic bag into 1.75 million pieces
Amsterdam, 12 December 2017 – Plastic bags gradually disintegrate in the marine environment as the result of the effects of […]
New measurement method: many more microplastics in sea than thought
Amsterdam, 2 December 2017 – British researchers have developed a cost-effective method of detecting and counting microplastics in water. They […]
Softlaunch My Little Plastic Footprint
Alicante, 18 October 2017 – Our long awaited app, My Little Plastic Footprint, had its soft launch this morning. […]
Ioniqa technology enables limitless PET recycling
Up to now, mechanical methods for recycling PET bottles have only been able to be applied six times on the […]
Bioplastic bags endangers life at ocean floor
Many organisms, animals and plants alike, live on or in the sediment. Plastic bags that sink to the bottom of […]
Garbage patch larger than France and Germany discovered in the South Pacific Ocean
The Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation has returned from an expedition to the South Pacific Gyre in the South […]
New figures about plastic soup
Since the massive introduction of plastic after the Second World War, 8.3 billion tons of plastic has been produced. Of […]
Microplastic pollution in Antarctica extremely serious
Until now Antarctica was seen as a pristine and untouched wilderness with relatively little plastic pollution, but the opposite is […]
Latest news
Eighty percent of consumers are worried about plastic in cosmetics and 70% want a ban
Plastic Soup Foundation releases the new and free Beat the Microbead app! The app uses machine learning software to read the list of ingredients on packaging and it can identify more than 500 different microplastics.
Poor prospects for a plastics circular economy
Without government intervention, there will never be a circular economy for plastics. The coronavirus pandemic is leading to meager oil prices. As a result, virgin (primary) plastic is available at rock bottom prices.
REDUCE WEIGHT PLASTIC PACKAGING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Companies don’t have to make promises because it is already legally mandatory. Since 1994, packaging has had to comply with so-called essential requirements laid down in the European Packaging Directive. One of these requirements is that the weight of the packaging is limited to the minimum required.
A tribute to our treasurer: Dieter Croese
23 May 2020 On Saturday, May 16, our treasurer Dieter Croese died entirely unexpectedly. This is my farewell letter. Hello […]
