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Thousands of single-use face masks were collected over the past two years, some of which we stored. Volunteer Pieter knew how to re-use them in a great way and folded them into Christmas angels! Together with volunteer Thalassa he decorated the bridge house with the angels and some Christmas lights! Come and check it out!

The market stalls have returned along the canals of the Nieuwe Rijn in September, and unfortunately we have also noticed this in the waste in the canal. From white plastic bags and crates from the grocery to many large polystyrene containers from the fish stall.......

The August issue of the Dutch National Geographic paid attention to various projects in which volunteers work together with scientists: citizen science! In Leiden, they joined a clean-up and the Plastic Spotter volunteers were featured in the magazine.

We compiled a report of all the terrace waste collected during clean-ups in the summer of 2020. This report was presented to the alderman Yvonne van Delft by volunteers. Read it online now!

The mouth masks and gloves that are supposed to protect us are actually dangerous for the animals around us. All over the world, on land and in water, animals get entangled or get corona waste in their stomachs, Leiden scientists warn. They are asking for everyone's help to map out the consequences.