Plastic Health Summit presents the first scientific evidence on the presence of micro and nanoplastics in the bloodstream
October 21 conference in Amsterdam on the impact of plastics on health with speakers from all around the world.
October 21 conference in Amsterdam on the impact of plastics on health with speakers from all around the world.
Scottish lawyer Polly Higgins made it her life’s work to get ecocide criminalized. More on this at our Plastic Health Summit on October 21!
Coca-Cola Nederland announced big news last year: in 2021 almost all its PET bottles, small or large, would be made of 100% recycled plastic. It sounds wonderful but the reality is that Coca-Cola’s plastic use worldwide is still going up and the company is the world’s biggest polluter.
Do you lie awake at night worrying about climate change, plastic pollution and your future in a rapidly changing world? Then you might suffer from ‘eco-anxiety’. Time to take it seriously!
While the Dutch government is committed to a European ban on PFAS, producer Chemours is trying to prevent that.
Plastic Health Summit 2021: International conference presents latest scientific research findings on the health effects of plastic
Our suspicion has been confirmed; the deposit on plastic bottles introduced on 1st July this year has indeed had immediate results. The proportion of bottles in the litter found has decreased by 37%!
A different understanding of the extended producer responsibility is needed if the amount of plastic waste is to be reduced.
On 18th of September 2021, it’s World Cleanup Day once again. All information about the kick-off in Amsterdam and the event can be found here.
World Cleanup Day 2021: Plastic Soup Foundations celebrates all those heroes who clean up litter day after day.
By the end of this year, there should be a global plastic treaty that will stop plastic pollution of our planet. To achieve this, the United Nations environment department is organising the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee on Plastic Pollution negotiations. The 4th round, INC4, took place in Ottawa Canada. The new plastics treaty is considered one of the most important environmental agreements made since the Paris climate accords in 2015. The stakes are high and that was evident in Ottawa.
Eighty-five per cent of citizens want single-use plastic packaging to disappear completely. This is according to new research by Ipsos commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Plastic Free Foundation. Entrepreneurs who abandon packaging or make it more sustainable seem to have tapped into a goldmine – but part of the business community is still deaf and dumb. ‘People are getting fed up with all the plastic in the supermarket.’
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The first Impact Fair is Europe’s largest Impact Experience. An interactive ‘immersive’ experience of impactful examples.