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Je kunt óf mopperen op al dat zwerfvuil in het Westerpark, of je kunt er maar beter een feestje van maken. De organisatoren van het Trashless Festival komende zondag 27 mei opteren voor het laatste. Zij organiseren bij Buurtboerderij... Read more

Actiegroep Plastic Attack hield gisteravond een demonstratie in de Albert Heijn op het Museumplein. Met winkelwagentjes vol verpakkingsmateriaal wilden zij een statement maken tegen het in hun ogen onnodige gebruik van plastic Read more

De manifestatie Plastic Attack vindt donderdag plaats in Albert Heijn Korenbeurs aan de Vismarkt in Groningen. Milieuminnende Groningers doen er boodschappen, rekenen af en laten onnodig verpakkingsmateriaal achter bij de winkel. Iedereen is rond 17 uur uitgenodigd. Read more

This January, Panama became the first Central American country to ban the use of plastic bags. This remarkable move aims to offset the negative impacts that single use plastic has on the environment and its inhabitants. Worldwide, plastic production... Read more

Mother Earth is in trouble and it is because of us. As harsh as that may sound, it is a fact that throughout the centuries we humans have increasingly become the single most destructive influence in the environmental deterioration... Read more

The Month of Oceans, which has been celebrated for in Panama for 13 years, aims to raise awareness about the urgent need to change the way we treat oceans. This year’s event has had a vibrant agenda, including dozens... Read more

"Welcome to Bali! Do you have any plastic bags to declare?" If you've traveled to the lush Indonesian island of Bali recently, you might have received this peculiar greeting at the airport. It would have come from Melati and Isabel Wijsen... Read more

ach year, countries around the world join together for one day in September to clean up their beaches, rivers, and shorelines. The cleanup effort is organized by Ocean Conservancy. The organization works to create the Ocean Trash Index, the... Read more

New 3-D modeling technology has the power to scan coastlines for garbage much faster than humans can. One strike against the human species is that we’ve filled the Earth’s oceans and beaches with garbage. A point in our favor, though:... Read more