IKEA QUITS PLASTIC STRAWS AND BAGS
Amsterdam, 20 June 2018 – IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant, announced new sustainability goals last week. All branches worldwide have […]
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G7’s Ocean Plastics Charter
Amsterdam, June 14, 2018 — The plastic soup is high up on the international agenda. The recent G7 summit in Ottawa ended […]
Jumbo embraces natural branding
Amsterdam, June 7, 2018 – This summer, Jumbo will be the first national supermarket chain to actively reduce its use […]
Launch Health Campaign: Start Plastic Diet
Amsterdam, 8 June 2018 – Plastic can cause cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s Chemicals in plastic can cause cancer, […]
European tax on plastic misses the point
Amsterdam, 29 May 2018 – The European Commission presented its proposal yesterday for a new Directive to reduce certain types […]
Unilever largest polluter in the Philippines
Amsterdam, 6 June 2018 – One of the main causes of plastic soup is the packaging produced by Western multinationals […]
United Nations advises countries to take measures against plastic
Amsterdam, June 5, 2018 –– Up to now, there have been no international agreements that compel countries to reduce their […]
Plastics found in the deepest part of the ocean
Amsterdam, 30 May 2018 – For thirty years, plastic pollution has been monitored in the deep sea. The outcomes of […]
European Commission’s Proposal to Reduce Single-Use Plastic
Brussels/Amsterdam, May 28, 2018 — The European Commission is fighting the plastic soup. The proposal for a separate Directive that was presented […]
Powerful European plastics industry lobby resists European Union measures
Amsterdam/Brussels 24 May 2018 – There is much at stake if the European Union announces measures against growing plastic pollution. The […]
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Towards a global Plastic Treaty
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.
Business has blind spot: 85% citizens are plastic tired
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.’
What’s the deal with the Plastic Soup again?
March 15 2024 That’s what readers of news site nu.nl on their comment platform Nujij were wondering. In a recent […]
Impact Fair, 4,5,6 April – Jaarbeurs Utrecht.
The first Impact Fair is Europe’s largest Impact Experience. An interactive ‘immersive’ experience of impactful examples.
