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Do not Blame –find Solu tions
About the plastic waste problem
The plastic soup is a growing gl obal problem. Plastic w aste is polluting the world’s w aters more and more, with all its c onsequences. No less than 80 percent of all w aste that ends up in the ocean consists of plas tic w aste. This is more than 8 million tons annually. Animals in and around the w ater become en tangled or suffocate in the plas tic w aste. In addition, plastic w aste breaks into very small particles (“microplastics”) that are swallowed by fish and are ab sorbed by all kinds of organisms, such as mussels and oysters. So these particles end up in the food chain and we finally get it back on our plate.
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About Plastic Whale
Plastic Whale is the first professional plastic fishing company in the world. A social enterprise with a mission: to make the world’s w aters plastic-free. We do this by creating social awareness for the problem, but mainly by taking action with as man y people as possible and by fishing plastic. To date, Plastic Whale has fished more than 1 00,000 PET bottles from the w ater, which are then upcycled in to high-quality products, including high-quality design l ocks and now also office furniture. We ultimately hope t o go ‘out of business’ by achie ving our mission. Overfishing is positive in our case. www.plasticwhale.com
Abou t Vepa
Since the foundation of Vepa in 19 71, they have developed into one of the most ver satile offices and project furniture manufacturers in the Netherlands. Ver satile, because they make all their products 100% in their own factories in the Netherlands and thus realize both a wide r ange of products and customer-specific solutions. Their s tate-of-the-art machinery also gives the opportunity to con - stantly strive for new circular solu tions, now with the Plastic Whale Circular Furniture c ollection.
About JMT
JMT w as founded in 1982 and has provided the livecomm indus try with more than 35 year s o f its materials and services. With 13 offices in 7 European c ountries, JMT is one of the larges t providers of rental furniture and flooring for events, f airs and conferences in Europe. JMT is based in the Netherlands, E ngland, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland and Germany and with a w arehouse close to every major event location.
