This year the entire Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is all about urgent urban planner issues and solutions with regard to making the city more livable, safe, fair, sustainable and accessible. These are the main topics during WeMakeThe.City, which is a festival that will take place from 17 to 23 June 2019. During these days, expeditions and…
Why End Plastic Soup? With this project, Rotaryclub Heemstede wants to contribute, in collaboration with the municipality of Heemstede and primary schools, to a clean living environment. Rotary members are committed to making the residents of this beautiful municipality more plastic. Starting with the youth, because together we will lead by example; by cleaning up…
The moment is here: Suske’s in Wiske’s 347th album is about plastic! The story is called Lambik Plastiek, it goes about Lambiek who thinks he has found a solution for the plastic waste problem all by himself. To provide more information about plastic, the album also contains an additional file about plastic soup in oceans.…
The ‘Rotary in action’ jigsaw puzzle from Rotary Club Winschoten #RCWinschoten is a great success. “It’s our best promotion ever,” says #FreerkPotze of Rotary Winschoten proudly. “We are almost sold out, except for a few puzzles that can still be ordered through our site. Thanks to all the puzzlers, we raised 60,000 euros for the…
Life Out Of Plastic – L.O.O.P. is an established Peruvian brand and national platform for action on plastic pollution, founded and led by women. The social enterprise aims to generate a movement for sustainable consumption across Latin America. L.O.O.P. is targeting plastic pollution by creating a market for products made from recycled plastic waste (upcycled PET). L.O.O.P.’s…
With the Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge, Smurfit Kappa is looking for sustainable alternatives to replace everyday packaging that is not biodegradable. The new packaging solutions must be paper-based. See more on www.smurfitkappa.com (English) or www.duurzaambedrijfsleven.nl (Dutch).
On Saturday, March 23rd, the 17th edition of the National Cleaning Day will be held, when tens of thousands of Dutch people will roll up their sleeves for a clean neighborhood. The National Cleaning Day can be seen as a joint spring cleaning. It takes place every year in the last week of March. In…
This movement has helped individuals learn to lower their own Plastic Foot Print, through our blogs and educational materials people are not only becoming more aware of the Plastic Pollution crisis we are living in today. By learning simple easy to manage tips that will help them make a positive difference. With enough people making…
Founding a pioneering company to develop technology that monitors pollution and removes it from waterways Every year, millions of tons of plastic waste get into the oceans, putting marine species at risk of extinction. Grosjean, a 29-year-old engineer, launched Ocean CleanX to develop automated pollution monitoring and removal tools that use artificial intelligence and drones…
National Geographic starts the action against plastic pollution. We have defined 8 goals for #STOPMETPLASTIC. With this we want to reduce plastic that is produced for single use. What can you do to contribute? The eight goals consist of six products that you often use in daily life and that are easy to refuse and…