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March 30, 2021Press release

An independent seal for labelling recyclability: “flustix RECYCLABLE – DIN plus”

Berlin, March 2021. flustix has made it its mission to implement plastic sustainability quickly and purposefully, because doing so is indispensable if the climate targets are to be met. To that end the sustainability initiative is now offering, together with its established certification partner DIN CERTCO (TÜV Rheinland), the seal “flustix RECYCLABLE – DIN plus” for goods and packaging made from circular …

Plastikflasche schwimmt im Meer

December 10, 2019uncategorized

Guest article at SEEDMATCH: flustix certifies sustainability at the point of sale

As a proud winner of the Crowd Award, flustix is delighted that the Seedmatch team has published a guest article by Malte Biss. In the blog post the flustix founder explains why it is becoming ever more important for companies to have plastic-free products (or the use of recyclate in products, components and semi-finished goods) independently tested and certified, rather than advertising with self-declarations. …

Das Buch PAUL UND PAULINA von Franziska van Almsick

July 26, 2019uncategorized

Franziska van Almsick: swimming fun for children & environmentally friendly books with flustix

What could be more wonderful than playing in the water and swimming in summer? But it is not just swimming that matters – behaving correctly in and around water is important too. That is why Franziska van Almsick and the HÄRTER children’s book publishing house have brought out the handy book “PAUL UND PAULINA – Baderegeln leicht gemacht”. In an entertaining way it explains to children …

Titelbild: 8 Tipps für plastikfreie Weihnachten 2018

December 6, 2018Current

Oh, you joyful, plastic-free season!

flustix is celebrating a plastic-free Christmas this year Our waste and energy consumption rises rapidly at Christmas. The German recycling association BVSE speaks of around ten per cent more waste than the annual average. Some sources even assume around a third more. That is hardly surprising when you consider how much we consume shortly before Christmas in order to treat our loved ones …

Supermarktregal mit Produkten in Plastik verpackt

December 4, 2018Sustainability for businesses

Consumer seals: what works, what doesn’t?

Many consumers consider packaging superfluous for numerous products such as fruit and vegetables. A consumer survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (pwc) has shown that 87 per cent of consumers would buy package-free food if they had the opportunity. Simple arithmetic, at first glance. But who has not reached for a coffee to go, or for a packaged salad bowl, out of convenience or an urgent …

Ein Seestern wird von einer Hand gehalten, Titel: Die Flustix Plastikfrei-Stars

November 6, 2018Current

The flustix Plastic-Free Stars 2018!

You nominated, we tested! Two new plastic-free products carry the flustix seal For #plasticfreejuly – this year’s plastic-free month of July – flustix launched a campaign of a special kind. Back then we wanted to know from our community on Facebook and Instagram which products you consider particularly sustainable, innovative and possibly plastic-free. Your …

Bild mit alten Handys aus Plastik als Symbol für die Industrie von Konsumgüter, Plastikflutn

November 1, 2018Sustainability for businesses

Industry commits itself to acting against the flood of plastic

The Consumer Goods Forum is calling on the consumer goods industry to take a leading role in eliminating plastic pollution on land and in water. The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is an association of CEOs from the largest multinational corporations such as Nestlé and Procter & Gamble, but also of service providers such as KPMG and McKinsey. Through voluntary resolutions the association wants to …

Die 10 wichtigsten Aktionen gegen Plastikmüll

September 13, 2018Current

World Cleanup Day

flustix presents the 10 most important campaigns against plastic waste 15 September is WORLD CLEANUP DAY. On this day we want to try together to free nature of all that plastic waste and of pollution in general. And even if we are not quite so conscious of it on other days, on this one it is certainly worth …

Plastikmüll im Meer - The Ocean Clean Up Project

September 8, 2018uncategorized

Collecting plastic waste at sea – The Ocean Clean Up Project

Today, Saturday 8 September 2018, the ambitious goal of the project named ‘The Ocean CleanUp’ by Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is finally meant to come within reach. He has devised a floating system almost 700 metres long that is intended to remove plastic waste from the sea over a wide area. The structure of movable barriers, which aligns itself with the current, …

Frau beim Einkaufen mit Einkaufstüten; Fast Fashion

September 6, 2018Life Hacks

Fashion and plastic

Polyester as an environmental hazard Plastic packaging, plastic toys, plastic tableware, plastic furniture, plastic appliances and even plastic clothes. You come across plastic everywhere. Wherever you look – plastic – even where you cannot see it – microplastics, liquid plastic. And what exactly is the situation with plastic in textiles? Today we want to look at how to tell plastic-free fashion from fashion containing plastic …

Titelbild: Flustix sucht den plastikfrei-Star im Plastic Free July

July 3, 2018Current

Plastic-free July

flustix is looking for the Plastic-Free Stars Who does not know that plastic frustration at the supermarket checkout? Today 37 per cent of all fruit and vegetables are sold wrapped in plastic. Add to that plastic pots for yoghurt, toothpaste and individually wrapped miniature sweets. Since the #plasticfreechallenge at the latest we know: living without plastic is not at all easy! Especially as plastic hides in the most unlikely …