Children’s playgrounds are a source of toxic microplastics
In children’s playgrounds, industrial waste full of toxic substances is being used as part of the “circular economy”.
In children’s playgrounds, industrial waste full of toxic substances is being used as part of the “circular economy”.
For the first time, scientists have found microplastics in the placenta. Recent research has also shown that babies consume 1.6 million microplastics daily via food from plastic bottles.
We are often asked when there are new developments in recycling, reuse, or alternative materials. On the other hand, it is not always easy to give an unambiguous answer because a fair assessment depends very much on the circumstances.
COVID-19 resulted in an unprecedented increase in orders on the internet over the past year. Sales platforms often pack an already packaged product again, for example, in air cushion envelopes.
Rijkswaterstaat, the Netherlands executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, uses the geotextile to strengthen banks and breakwaters.
The student team BioMaas from Maastricht has won the first edition of the Young Plastic Pollution Challenge with their plan to investigate which organic waste is suitable for producing fully compostable products like cups, bowls, plates, and packaging materials.
Europe rightly qualifies BPA as a very worrying substance for the animal world. With this ruling, PlasticsEurope has lost the third lawsuit in a row before the European Court.
What a year! One in which our lives were really turned upside down. But despite everything, we look back with pride on a year in which we have achieved a lot together.
Who rows the ocean the fastest? December 12th, the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge will start. One of the toughest rowing races there is.
Cigarette butts are most often found as litter in the environment. Because the upcoming new European directive will not solve this problem, the Dutch government will have to ban the impressionable butt.
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.