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Plastic Soup Foundation

NGO or non-profit · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Plastic Soup Foundation appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with The Left.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
5.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Our mission Stop the plastic pollution as soon as possible! If we do not achieve this, we are leaving future generations with a terrible plastic plague. We are a ‘single issue’ environmental organization that is concerned with one thing: stopping plastic pollution at its source.”

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“As part of this mission, we call out the industry and government where they fall short. We also put a special focus on the relationship between plastics and human health. Our recent work in this field includes campaigns on microplastics and the health effects of plastic waste, and especially our Plastic Health Summit. Finally, education underlies everything we do, as we believe that children are the future. We, humans, are the source of plastic pollution; the plastic soup starts on our very own doorstep. But together we can do much more to stop plastic waste than we think!”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

The Left556%
Renew Europe222%
European People's Party111%
Greens/EFA111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2022). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
3
2023
3
2024
0
2025
2
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Anja Hazekamp
4 meetings · The Left
Martin Hojsík
2 meetings · Renew
Dario Tamburrano
1 meeting · The Left
Majdouline Sbai
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Sirpa Pietikäinen
1 meeting · EPP

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Oct 2026Majdouline SbaiMicroplastics
4 Jun 2025Dario TamburranoMicroplastiche ed eventi futuri
4 Jun 2025Sirpa PietikäinenPlastic pollution
2 May 2023Martin HojsíkPlastic Health Summit 2023
2 May 2023Anja HazekampPLastic Health SUmmit 2023
2 Apr 2023Anja HazekampEvent Pastic Health Summit 2023
17 Nov 2022Anja Hazekampplastics
16 Nov 2022Martin HojsíkPlastic pollution and human health impacts
12 Oct 2022Anja Hazekampmicroplastics in textiles

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