Save the date – 2021 Plastic Health Summit
Sprekers uit alle delen van de wereld zullen op deze summit baanbrekende onderzoek presenteren over wat de gevolgen zijn van plastic in ons milieu en ons lichaam.
Sprekers uit alle delen van de wereld zullen op deze summit baanbrekende onderzoek presenteren over wat de gevolgen zijn van plastic in ons milieu en ons lichaam.
The Plastic Soup Foundation is thrilled to announce the second-ever Plastic Health Summit, to be held on October 21, 2021 in Amsterdam.
Canada declares plastic toxic. The country is taking this revolutionary step so that it can further reduce the plastic in the environment.
20 large companies worldwide produce more than half the polymers from which all disposable plastic is made. These large companies are keeping the plastic soup going as a huge proportion of that plastic ends up in the environment.
Plastic is embedded in our everyday life from cleaning the house to the food we eat. We produce 368 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. That’s more than the weight of the entire human population. If current trends continue, by 2050, our oceans could contain more plastic than fish.
For this year’s World Ocean Day, we ask you to give back to the ocean. Join our challenge to reduce your plastic footprint and protect the next generation.
Voor Wereld Oceaan Dag 2021 vragen we je om iets terug te doen voor de oceaan. Doe mee aan onze uitdaging om je plastic voetafdruk te verkleinen, en bescherm de volgende generaties.
World Environment Day was designated as such by the United Nations in 1974 to not only raise awareness among the world’s population for environmental pollution.
The Earth is groaning under the weight of the increasing destruction of ecosystems. If the boundaries are reached of what the Earth can bear, ecological restoration is no longer possible.
The European Chemicals Agency has released a proposal on a restriction on intentionally added microplastics. However, the paper has several shortcomings. It is now up to the European Commission and member states to pursue more far-reaching legislation to restrict the use of all intentionally added microplastics.
Princess Traveller
Plastic microdeeltjes kunnen in longen en bloed van de mens terechtkomen. Waarom is dit zo verontrustend?
New research from Plastic Soup Foundation shows that 87% of products from the ten best-selling cosmetics brands contain microplastics.
Uit nieuw onderzoek van Plastic Soup Foundation blijkt dat 87% van de producten van de tien meest verkochte cosmeticamerken microplastics bevat.