The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise. As the guardian states: “The analysis estimates that between 4% and 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse,…
Microplastics cause a loss in photosynthesis and a wordwide loss in crops (grain, rice, fruits, vegetables) of about 10%.
In November 2024 Nina attended as observer the UN-INC5 summit in Busan, South Korea.
EndPlasticSoup is present at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary June 21-25. In the coming weeks more information about our program will be presented on this page. More information about the convention: https://convention.rotary.org/en-us
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Georges Lebeau, Portugal Director of EndPlasticSoup, and Catarina Gonçalves, National Coordinator of the Bandeira Azul Program established a cooperation and collaboration agreement between the two institutions regarding the mitigation of ocean plastic pollution.
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Garbage collection with others to find the ‘Trashure’ (treasure).
