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What to do with plastic waste?

Delaying the expansion of the deposit system ignores calls from society and is bad news for the environment, say Recycling Netwerk, Greenpeace Netherlands, Plastic Soup Foundation and Stichting Noordzee

Amsterdam, 10 March – The decision by the Dutch government to postpone the expansion of the deposit system is bad news […]

World’s first Plastic Free Aisle to debut in Amsterdam

Amsterdam, February 28th – The world’s first Plastic Free Aisle will today be unveiled at an Amsterdam supermarket. The brainchild […]

The European Commission and Pellet Loss

Amsterdam, January 24, 2018 — Everyday, four shipping containers spill into the sea worldwide. Sometimes, these containers are filled with […]

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 […]

Plastic Strategy: The European Commission’s Vision for Plastic

Amsterdam, January 17, 2018 — In the spirit of turning challenges into chances, the European Commission presented its Plastic Strategy […]

Ioniqa technology enables limitless PET recycling

Up to now, mechanical methods for recycling PET bottles have only been able to be applied six times on the […]

New figures about plastic soup

Since the massive introduction of plastic after the Second World War, 8.3 billion tons of plastic has been produced. Of […]

The world’s population consumes 1 million plastic bottles every minute

The worldwide consumption of plastic is still rising. In 2016, 480 billion plastic bottles were sold while in 2004, this […]

No more plastic waste to the ocean via Dutch rivers

The ‘Clean Rivers’ initiative is a collaboration between IVN, Plastic Soup Foundation and Stichting De Noordzee to stop the flow of plastic through […]

Plastic eating caterpillar discovered

The plastic eating caterpillar of the greater wax moth is capable of breaking down polyethylene, the most common form of […]

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Microplastic particles can enter our lungs and blood

Plastic microparticles can enter human lungs and blood. Why is this very worrying?

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Almost 9 in 10 products from major cosmetics brands contain microplastics

New research from Plastic Soup Foundation shows that 87% of products from the ten best-selling cosmetics brands contain microplastics.

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Recycled PET Plastic is not a safe packaging material for food and drink

An obligatory percentage of recycled PET in bottled drinks, as agreed in the European Union, appears to have health risks. What is the solution?

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AMBITIOUS EU PLAN TO CHANGE THE TEXTILE SECTOR

The European Commission has published its sustainable textile strategy. Will synthetic microfibres really be kept out of the environment?

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