{"id":92518,"date":"2018-11-30T11:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=92518"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:09","slug":"from-wasteful-consumer-to-eco-freak-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/11\/30\/from-wasteful-consumer-to-eco-freak-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"From wasteful consumer to eco-freak in one week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student reporter Ivar Laanen got weird when attempting to live plastic-free for an entire week. Despite eating a cold kebab, having a very strange conversation with a security guard at Sparta and never going through so much trouble for his groceries, he is convinced by the Zero Waste Challenge. From now on he will use as little plastic as possible.<\/p>\n

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The world is drowning in plastic. So was Ivar.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Every time I enter Het Kasteel<\/em>, the charming football grounds<\/a> of Sparta Rotterdam, a security guard singles me out amongst the crowd and makes me go through a security pat-down<\/a>. Maybe it\u2019s because I unknowingly give off the impression of a \u2018sketchy hooligan\u2019 , or the guard just wants to get a feel of my body. In any case, it\u2019s become routine for me to get a security check the moment I enter the stadium while others pass by unchecked. And while the pat-downs usually take just a few moments, last Friday was different.<\/p>\n\n\t

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