Because Ducor’s plastic granules end up in the environment, the environmental department DCMR Ducor has imposed a penalty of €15,000 for each violation found. Ducor claims not to have done anything wrong…
Ducor started cleaning the heavily polluted ports of Londenhaven and Brittanniëhavens in Rotterdam. Both ports are littered with a thick layer of plastic granules, also called nurdles, the raw material for many plastic products.
Ducor Petrochemicals is being held responsible for the systematic nurdle pollution of its factory surroundings in the Botlek industrial area.
Amsterdam, 14thMarch 2019 – A small 24 million ‘nurdles’ have been washed ashore on the beaches of the Wadden Sea Islands […]
Plastic Soup Foundation organizes a pellet count in the Netherlands Amsterdam, 28 January 2019 – At the start of this […]
Plastic microparticles can enter human lungs and blood. Why is this very worrying?
New research from Plastic Soup Foundation shows that 87% of products from the ten best-selling cosmetics brands contain microplastics.
An obligatory percentage of recycled PET in bottled drinks, as agreed in the European Union, appears to have health risks. What is the solution?
The European Commission has published its sustainable textile strategy. Will synthetic microfibres really be kept out of the environment?
