The UK wants to banish “avoidable plastic waste”
Amsterdam, January 18, 2018 – The expectation was that the British government’s policy to combat plastic pollution would be a […]
Amsterdam, January 18, 2018 – The expectation was that the British government’s policy to combat plastic pollution would be a […]
Amsterdam, January 15, 2018 — Every day, McDonald’s gives its customers millions of plastic straws. These are used once for […]
The worldwide consumption of plastic is still rising. In 2016, 480 billion plastic bottles were sold while in 2004, this […]
Surfrider Foundation Europe picks up at least 20,000 plastic bottles during its beach cleanups and its other Ocean Initiatives every […]
May 31 2015. BLOG The first results of the Trash Hunters campaign give a sad impression of the amount of […]
With the launch of the Trash Hunters App, the campaign against litter has entered a new phase. Trash Hunters can […]
Red Bull is proud of its environmental achievements. The cans are 60% lighter than they were a couple of years […]
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.