Worldwide, The bottled water industry has grown 73% in the past ten years. Every minute, over 1 mn bottles are sold globally. This growth poses a threat to groundwater resources, contributes to the plastic-bottle pollution and carbon emissions, and weakens the role of the state to provide universal access to drinking water, see this report…
Stop vervuiling door filtersigaretten. 10 miljoen kilo sigarettenpeuken per jaar, alleen in Nederland. Dat is enorm vervuilend, voor land en zee. Gebruik alstublieft een asbak en gooi geen sigarettenpeuken meer op straat. Drie video’s gemaakt door de leerlingen van het Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam, samen met RC Amsterdam-Nachtwacht en EndPlasticSoup. Je kunt ze gebruiken om…
Last week plastic pollution was discussed at the Africa Children Conference and it will be on the Outcome Statement that will be shared. The Africa Children’s Summit is a continental forum that seeks to give children a platform for participation.
Plastic pollution in the ocean might be enabling the creation of new floating ecosystems of species that are not normally able to survive in the open ocean. Read more in this news item from CNN. In a new study a team of researchers revealed that dozens of species of coastal invertebrate organisms have been able to…