Update Plastics and the Environment
Read the update Plastic Production and Industry, part of the Plastics and the Environment Series of the Geneva Environment Network.
Rotaract European Meeting Luxemburg October 2024
Ilya Shcharbitski, Director EndPlasticSoup for Rotaract, presented the EndPlasticSoup initiative to Rotaracters.
Actions November 2024 Uganda
Geofrey Arinaitwe is at the Rotaract Africa summit 2024 in Kampala, 14-17 November, to drive positive change that ends plastic pollution and saves the environment. Besides that he is engaging schools and young people to end plastic pollution.
First African Plastic Summit in Ghana
In 2025 EndPlasticSoup, jointly with Ummy Relief Foundation and other partners, will organize the first African Plastic Summit in Accra, Ghana for Advancing Solutions for Plastic Waste Management in Africa. Plastic waste management has become a critical issue across Africa, where rapid urbanization and increasing plastic consumption have led to significant environmental and health challenges.…
Disasters and floodings: Emergency fund
Jablanica lake EndPlasticSoup has decided to raise an EndPlasticSoup Emergency fund to support Rotary clubs after disasters like floodings to support cleanups and processing of plastic waste in the environment. After the request for help in Eastern Europe and Bosnia-Herzegovina to cleanup the plastic pollution caused by the floods in September and October 2024, we…
Our oceans have learnt how to eat plastic!
Oceans are carbon producers and eaters, an important source of carbon emissions and absorption, and have an enormous impact on our climate change. Research by institutes and universities to understand the impact of microplastics on our climate, biodiversity and health is essential. This video shows some recent findings.
New facts & figures about plastic and healthcare
When we started the EndPlasticSoup initiative in 2018 we experienced a lack of research and evidence regarding plastic pollution. Since some years we see an increase of research findings regarding plastic pollution and the disrupting effect of microplastics on our hormone (endocryne) system and direct relationships with human health, fertility, and impact on all life…
Rotary Clubs in action
In September and October Rotary Clubs worldwide organized awareness and cleanup events for World Cleanup day and World Rivers day. Below a summary of actions that were done. India Cleanliness drive of Central Park, Jaipur, India, 2 October 2024 Our Ambassador Sanjay Kaushik, Rotary Club Jaipur Royal, D3056, organized a Cleanliness Drive and Plastic Free…
EndPlasticSoup at the Rotary Europe Summit in Bonn
The Rotary Europe Summit in Bonn 30 August – 1 September, offered a great opportunity to create more awareness about EndPlasticSoup for our European Rotary Clubs and Governor Elects/Nominees. About 600 attendees had a great program about sustainability, intergenerational dialogue, peace, vision, and about Bonn, the city of Beethoven and the home to over 25…