Trashless.earth | Arthur De Smidt | Activity https://www.trashless.earth/members/trashmin/activity/ Activity feed for Arthur De Smidt. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:44:39 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2e5823e5af47eeb989cb72716c28427d https://www.trashless.earth/?p=15551 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:31:47 +0100 Vandaag voor de landelijke opschoondag ons mooie dorp #denandel opgeruimd.
De vondst bedroeg in totaal 61 items waarvan
9 stukjes van paars nylon draad
6 stukjes piepschuim
4 blikjes
4 bierdopjes
3 plastic […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 a8a1df9eaf4e93f55cb01b7f27898e7c https://www.trashless.earth/?p=15341 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:37:19 +0100 Professor Jacob de Boer is the head of the Environmental & Health department at the Vrije University, Amsterdam. He is professor in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Chemosphere […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 f92aef4da09785a058b3bd99e15a8524 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=15301 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:03:40 +0200 Een paar jaar terug las de lobbyist een artikel over een huilende indiaan die zijn kijk op de plasticproblematiek voorgoed veranderen zou.

Het besprak de iconische Crying Indian-reclame van […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 8b4a273aa13e2d259cee67ba2453862e https://www.trashless.earth/?p=15177 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 06:03:30 +0200 The River Thames has some of the highest recorded levels of microplastics for any river in the world.
Scientists have estimated that 94,000 microplastics per second flow down the river in places.
The quantity […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 8b3c6f67afe2d8e228b97311155adcc7 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14634 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:14:41 +0200 Bulk rice or other foodproducts can be ordered in 25kg paperbags. besides saving the environment you also save money by buying in bulk. Check out your local online store where they can deliver these in bulk at […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 47358f75706522af3e22982fe2d1da93 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14564 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 08:05:15 +0200 Strandrobot raapt peuken op in Scheveningen. Badgasten op het strand in Scheveningen moeten deze zomer niet gek opkijken als er een robot voorbijkomt. Het gaat dan om Project.BB, een uitvinding die op initiatief […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 38cebfd4af7873ff9496263f1b039fb8 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14557 Thu, 28 May 2020 19:05:18 +0200 8 Million Tons of plastic entering the oceans every year.

Can you imagine how much plastic that is?

Jenna R. Jambeck of the University of Georgia calculated how much coastline you could fill with 8 Million […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 7794478e394a95f0da376d8566711e5c https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14493 Sun, 17 May 2020 10:14:00 +0200 Trashdating with 30 new International students at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They got to know each other in a new way during the introductionweek, through #Trashdating. @Trashless organised this event […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 2501b5a0cd09102075c96a5d12b32993 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14456 Thu, 14 May 2020 12:35:58 +0200 SANATURE 100% COTTON PANTYLINERS
The natural protective properties of cotton: now in pantyliners. Sanature cotton pantyliners give you a fresh feeling throughout the day and prevent skin irritation.

THE […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 9f5182c53bf43ee1270162b9642ba6e9 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14422 Tue, 05 May 2020 07:36:29 +0200 London (CNN)All of the defining images of the coronavirus pandemic seem to feature one thing: plastic.

Surgical masks, gloves, protective equipment, body bags — the Covid-19 crisis has spurred a rapid […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 fb37462209f21919b20a55f5dda85c13 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14420 Mon, 04 May 2020 09:14:35 +0200 In these troubled times of corona and lockdowns many people depend on online deliveries.
Most companies use different materials for packaging chips or packing peanuts. However there is a big difference in […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 d1a228caabac9805e5eb6b20641858b9 Arthur De Smidt posted an update: Can you imagine 8.000.000 ton of plastic waste? […] https://www.trashless.earth/activity/p/5103/ Sat, 02 May 2020 08:46:22 +0200 Can you imagine 8.000.000 ton of plastic waste?

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]]> 0 b6a49074fc6ecbc956d0d6023d2889d0 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14417 Sat, 02 May 2020 05:31:56 +0200 Starbucks branches have temporarily banned reusable cups in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The coffee chain said customers would still receive a 25p discount for bringing reusable cups with them, but […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 c2de9ca97149b54868c8e5d0250f2851 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14415 Sat, 02 May 2020 05:29:05 +0200 In some ways, the pandemic has been great for the environment: With heavy industries shutting down and fewer cars on the road, we’re spewing less greenhouse gases and air quality is vastly improving. “The wor […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 119efd2baed3b375a55edaefd93bd56c https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14413 Sat, 02 May 2020 05:20:52 +0200 The coronavirus can survive several days on hard surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel. In the air, that’s three hours. This result of recent laboratory research raises the question of how to handle p […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 13925fff02590539799c5b5c6a21f9da https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14392 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:31:42 +0100 Researchers Guido van Koningsbruggen and Tilo Hartmann have joined forces with University of Amsterdam colleague Hande Sungur and have been awarded funding for their research project ‘Diving into S […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 d8afe157e4af6f6145e022bfa1a588f2 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14381 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:12:48 +0100 SHAMPOO BARS—HAIR CLEANSER in bar soap form—are the latest trend in hair care products. Usually made of natural ingredients to promote hair health, they’re also easier on the environment and great for trave […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 1e3ff1fb6a5c454dc36b485afb8331cd https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14374 Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:59:36 +0100 These snack trays made out of sugarcane bagasse are the most ECO friendly solution for the regular plastic ones. The straws of the plant are brought to the sugarcane factory where the juices are crushed from the […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 7c15f91b0bb0e68f58bfd494fb790475 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14370 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:19:09 +0100 We had an interview with @stephanievdwiel who travels around the world visiting indigenous people. She tries to help them with solutions how to deal with the plastics they find in their natural surroundings.

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]]> 0 3cc1077df75072a223b6108a05fb47a1 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14372 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:17:41 +0100
Meet Yahya Ahmed Farouk from snackbar De Buurman Amsterdam in #westerpark #amsterdamHe is on a quest to make his snackbar plastic free!And sells great #fries and home made #falafel as well!
A true #trashlesshero

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]]> 0 06d88c2a5ce26f037e21e95bc605a897 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14362 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:25:20 +0100 English down below

DE DOCUMENTAIRE
In A Plastic Ocean stuit journalist Craig Leeson tijdens zijn zoektocht naar de illustere blauwe walvis op een enorme plastic soep waar een schone oceaan zou moeten zijn. In […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 8df4d13736ae20c2191ba44b5570a696 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14355 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:10:21 +0100 Bags plastic bottles cans

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]]> 0 c5c0627efb224d25d69077139a32a2ba https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14337 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 07:28:58 +0100 Plastics voor eenmalig gebruik, zoals bij veel voedingsmiddelen het geval is, vervuilen onze planeet en vormen een bedreiging voor mens en dier.
Wij willen dat supermarkten hun verantwoordelijkheid nemen in hun […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 c8ed0a381219fcc15a4e25f9da0fd8c1 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14333 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:52:31 +0100 Interview with Dieuwke Reuvers of Trashhero Amsterdam who organises weekly cleanups throughout the city of Amsterdam

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]]> 0 acdbfe05c46392c04c03fb4244241681 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14322 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 07:09:48 +0100 The Ocean Cleanup aims to tackle the 1,000 most polluting rivers, responsible for about 80% of ocean plastic pollution, before the end of 2025.

Today, we unveiled the invention to prevent the unrelenting flow […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 3f7fd8c7097779b917a365cab71310bd https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14308 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:26:19 +0200 Plastic bags, bueno, cigarette lighters

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]]> 0 b926208262dde885ad763fe560e7d839 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14298 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:01:26 +0200 Trashless spoke to Jeff Kirschner, founder of Litterati, the mobile app that encourages users to pick up and track litter. Litterati’s 3 million plus users have recorded 3.7 million items of litter and the app i […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 844f404bde76370c5e3e347b9e4be723 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14262 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:36:36 +0200 “Hoe is het allemaal begonnen?”

“Na een burn out moest ik alles uit mijn agenda schrappen. Door die leegte heb ik toen als stip aan de horizon een reis ingepland, zodat ik weer ergens naar kon toeleven. Ik ha […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 1b4a66662cbf7cd1b5c5198a3ef5908b https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14256 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 14:24:39 +0200 Join us for the litterati cleanup in the Westerpark.
The cleanup will take place from 12:00 till 14:00 pm
If you are unfamiliar with the app that is no problem, we will explain everything you need to know to […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 9f3bf502d2eef891e7bc006160b0fb21 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14197 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:19:18 +0200 Vorige keer zagen we tijdens onze sigarettentocht nog een heleboel ander afval liggen.

8 September gaan we eindelijk al die andere dingen ook opruimen. En natuurlijk staat de maand september in het teken van de […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 ac1421c67035edb9b2b570f1134e3bef https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14213 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:56:50 +0200 Interview by: Gaby Liao

Instagram: @iamdionyves

Introduction: who are you & what do you do

I am a British sustainability blogger located in Munich. I am especially committed to sustainability within […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 2857dc614bfb94e2aa8f07887843d11e https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14207 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:01:41 +0200 Would you like to get a taste of the Green Office and meet new likeminded people? Come to our Trashdating event. In collaboration with Trashless we organise this event to make the campus a cleaner and greener […][Read More…]

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]]> 1 b07f0273f4a154ee64ecb4a46a919c75 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14202 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 18:50:35 +0200 Plastic garbage collected by a women’s group is being recycled into bricks and used to build schools in West Africa.

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]]> 0 8b311d7891a1dc067e0b483c2f1550fd https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14176 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:20:57 +0200 Interview Elisah Pals from Zero Waste Nederland https://zerowastenederland.nl/

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]]> 0 f5f8c147273d884368259403ec27fc1a https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14172 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:07:39 +0200 Ben Lecomte is spending his summer swimming in trash – literally. So far, he’s found toothbrushes, laundry baskets, sandbox shovels and beer crates floating out in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.

The 52- […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 0a9f106960077ca7aa564e56189d5158 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14158 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:23:56 +0200 article of Sharon Lerner about how the plastic industry works and is battling for survival. For those who don’t understand why we as trashless.earth don’t accept sponsor money from polluting companies or […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 3f83730c60a6b95efc6dd90f8cf64758 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13432 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:30:06 +0200 Vandaag was Sup de Rijp schoon in Noord-Holland.
Georganiseerd door Daniella Ernsting Koorn en Franka van iksupschermer die de supboards verzorgde. Een prachtige dag die leidde langs vele mooie plekjes nauwe […] [Read More…]

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]]> 0 06a26da83670e65399532ff65a8ee7f5 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14144 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 07:47:05 +0200 In the UK, where more than 3 million people go to music festivals each year, an estimated 23,500 tons of waste are produced annually.
Almost 70% of this ends up in landfill, according to a report by Powerful […][Read More…]

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]]> 1 d1db6a727e83b52eac0af04ac353b5e1 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14133 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:16:26 +0200 Join us this Sunday for a Clean-up in the Rivierenbuurt Everyone is welcome. Just show up. We provide grabbers, gloves and bags. Let’s have some FUN and REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE together!
PS Kids get an ice […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 3bfd56457acebbcde12857e6c2c54719 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14131 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:46:52 +0200 De Nederlandse frisdrankenbranche is erg terughoudend over het uitbreiden van statiegeld naar kleine plastic flesjes. Maar achter de schermen is er beweging.
Joop Bouma18 juli 2019, 1:00

Langzaam verbrokkelt […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 321068d4de7313d20a36ef1f47fd0887 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=14088 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:15:29 +0200 (See English below..)

Wist je dat 1 sigarettenpeukje 8 liter water kan vervuilen? Absurd dat ze nog steeds overal worden neergegooid..

4 Augustus gaan we met zijn allen het strand op voor een sigaretten […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 da9d8bf2e391da9c4921e27da9c813c7 Arthur De Smidt posted an update: Stem op dit buurtplan ! https://buurtbudgetsno.amsterdam.nl/plan/385 https://www.trashless.earth/activity/p/4162/ Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:28:46 +0200 Stem op dit buurtplan !
https://buurtbudgetsno.amsterdam.nl/plan/385

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]]> 0 b2e4a90b8d2ca4149ccc4bdebc6af860 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13962 Thu, 04 Jul 2019 19:46:07 +0200 Waste-less grocery shopping can be a challenge nowadays. Even though there are many supermarket brands in the Netherlands that engage in the fight against plastic pollution by reducing their plastic wrappers, a […] [Read More…]

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]]> 2 a2488fd6689ff4a74546d5bdfccb662d https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13915 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:10:57 +0200 Based on apricot kernel oil and vegan

(the version below is not biological but oceonics is working on it)

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]]> 1 60fb7b2bdaf76d0e8351cec14ab0f680 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13896 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:36:03 +0200 Big problems require big statements
Interview with Maria Koijck by Roan Jagersma
Every person involved with raising awareness for the plastic problem does it in its own way. For Maria Koijck this means using her […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 ac25813cba4f4e0d176599f5b2b9f20f https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13872 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:15:45 +0200 MONTREAL — Canada on Monday joined a growing global movement with a plan to ban single-use plastics blighting the environment.

Announcing the ban next to a lake at the picturesque Gault Nature Reserve in Mont S […][Read More…]

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]]> 1 886b74c9f279b46201a4c748c0c5f32a https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13865 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:27:32 +0200 Buying a present for a baby or little kid? look at the alternatives besides a plastic toy and surprise your relatives and new members of society with a sustainable and more enjoyable alternative

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]]> 0 6ef689d3a941cc857ebb348561c59926 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13860 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:25:06 +0200 Ruganzu utilises waste materials such as plastic bottles, tyres etc. to create amusement parks for children residing in the slums of Kampala.
Ruganzu says: “Play is a neglected and essential component of urban […][Read More…]

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]]> 0 b76e0becc7c89bf04d3da0ab48995c93 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13481 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 06:59:05 +0200 Interview with #texelplasticvrij
People stand up, all over the world, to connect, become creative and do something about it. #trashlesshero #plasticfreeoceans #plasticfreeworld #unenvironment #plasticfreeocean

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]]> 0 fe07e61b472332c12744822f9847e564 https://www.trashless.earth/?p=13850 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:01:47 +0200 Abandoned plastics now account for 59% of the litter found in canals in England and Wales, according to new research which also reveals that more than half a million plastic items reach the oceans every year from […][Read More…]

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