Prick-nic All ages, 2-3 hours What Organize a ’green’ picnic and have a cleanup to ‘prick’ waste. Aim After the participants cleaned the area they can enjoy a picnic together. Fun in combination with a clean area, an example for other people. Materials For the cleanup: collecting bags, plastic gloves, trash pickers. Use and show…
Source: Plastic Atlas 2019 Plastic Soup Foundation Some figures on plastic production: The amount of plastic that is produced in the world every year has increased from 2 million tons in 1950 to 390 million tons in 2021 (figures from the plastics industry https://plasticseurope.org). 56% of the plastic is produced after 2000; The expectation is…
More and more results from research are available showing that plastic pollution has a major impact on health. About 95 additives in plastics are poisonous however still little is known about the dangers. We now do know additives impact our hormone system (‘Endocrine Disruption’), impact the unborn child and reduce fertility among males and females.…
Scientists detected nanoplastics of different types in the snow at a remote high-altitude site in the Alps. Air transport modelling indicates regional and long-range transport of nanoplastics, originating preferentially from European urban areas. These urban areas are important sources of nanoplastics at this site, however the research showed that nanoplastics also travelled from across the…
Plastic that ends up in the sea accumulates on beaches, in the water and on the seabed. Most of the plastic pollution is under water. Marine organisms such as fish absorb (micro) plastics and these end up in our food chain. Source: https://www.grida.no/resources/6904 Maphoto/Riccardo Pravettoni) https://www.grida.no/resources/6904
All over the world countries are exporting their plastic waste to other destinations. The UK exports almost 430.000 tons and the USA almost 790.000 tons (figures 2018). Source: https://www.boell.de/en/plasticatlas; Graphic: PLASTIC ATLAS | Appenzeller/Hecher/Sack, CC BY 4.0. All countries should stop exporting their waste problem to other countries. Source: https://www.boell.de/en/plasticatlas More facts and figures Heinrich Böll…
