New study shows: plastic soup interferes with oxygen production
Amsterdam, 24 May 2019 – Oxygen producing bacteria that live in the sea suffer from chemicals, which are added to […]
Amsterdam, 24 May 2019 – Oxygen producing bacteria that live in the sea suffer from chemicals, which are added to […]
Amsterdam, 23 May 2019 – The EU has banned the sale of disposable plastic, knives, forks, spoons etc. across all […]
In the garden, you expect to be surrounded by a clean, natural environment: in reality, plastic is often an unexpected […]
Amsterdam, 9 May 2019 – A worldwide network of environmental organisations from five continents is calling for the worldwide introduction […]
Amsterdam, 29 April 2019 – In a press release on their website, Bol.com announced changes in its packaging policies. The large, Dutch, online retailer’s most important change is […]
Amsterdam, April 17, 2019 – Sometimes the wind brings sand from the Sahara to the Netherlands. The sky can turn […]
My grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by a large crowd of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bewilderment seemed to […]
Amsterdam, 8 April 2019 – “Everyone should read this book from start to finish.” said former Minister of the Environment […]
Maria Westerbos’ opinion article on Impakter Amsterdam/Washington D.C. – When the United Nations adopted the Agenda for Sustainable Development and […]
Amsterdam, 27 March 2019 – Animals living in the deepest place of the world ingested plastic. The seafloor of the […]
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.’
March 15 2024 That’s what readers of news site nu.nl on their comment platform Nujij were wondering. In a recent […]
The first Impact Fair is Europe’s largest Impact Experience. An interactive ‘immersive’ experience of impactful examples.