More recycled PET in clothing: no guarantee for less fiber loss
Amsterdam, 27 February 2019 – Plastic microfibers are found everywhere: in water, on land and in the air. Machine washing […]
Amsterdam, 27 February 2019 – Plastic microfibers are found everywhere: in water, on land and in the air. Machine washing […]
Thanks to Dutch national hero Boyan Slat, we all know the truth these days: our oceans are full of plastic. […]
Amsterdam, 25 February 2019– The effects of plastic on human health has never been closely researched. To date, research has […]
PRESS RELEASE Start of scientific research into the health risks of microplastics: Does plastic make us sick? Nieuwspoort, 22 […]
Amsterdam, 21 February 2019– Today Stientje van Veldhoven (D66), State Secretary of Infrastructure and Water Management, presents the Plastic Pact […]
Amsterdam, February 20, 2019 – Fulmars skim the surface of the sea in search of food. They do not only […]
Amsterdam, 19 February 2019 – Last year in April, the Dutch publishing house LIAS published, in cooperation with the Plastic Soup […]
Amsterdam, February 18, 2019 – The Clean Rivers Project has procured a donation of € 1,950,000.00 from the National Postcode Lottery […]
Amsterdam, February 6, 2019 – Mussels attach themselves with thin threads to a hard surface, rock or rope. These byssal threads, […]
Amsterdam, February 7 2019 – Nestlé has acknowledged that certain kinds of plastic just cannot be recycled. The company has […]
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.