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Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution…

Ralf Thiel, Director Health at EndPlasticSoup, RC Wiesbaden-Rheingau, D1820 Germany, presented the Theme Plastic and Health during the Synergy Europe…

How do sustainability and plastic fit together? 42 committed students from Emsland and the county of Bentheim in D1850 (Germany)…

From 15. February 2024 Rotary Club Zagorje Kum is the official Ambassador of EndPlasticSoup for the Balkan region: Rotary and…

The Rotary ICC Executive Council and the Rotary EndPlasticSoup International Board signed a MoU on the 9th of February in…

27th January we organized the inspiring Rotary Synergy online webinar “Rotary with EndPlasticSoup: Rotary’s commitment to protecting the environment from…

A hopeful children’s book in Dutch from an award-winning team about a global problem and young heroes. How do we…

The students of the Rotary Youth Exchange in The Netherlands supported EndPlasticSoup with several fundraising actions and during a great…

EndPlasticSoup was represented at the COP28 in Dubai by Abdul Rashid Alhassan, Rotaract Tamale, Ghana As one of the 12…

From 16-25 September the Rotary Flotilla in Croatia took place, a Rotary sailing for good with crews from the USA,…

Together with the University of Osnabrück and the plastic industries EndPlasticSoup started an educational program for primary schools in September…

On June 4, Rotary members were at the Floriade Expo 2022 for the Stop Plastic Waste Event. This event was…

The International Board of Rotary EndPlasticSoup is pleased to announce an extension of the Leadership for EndPlasticSoup with Region Directors…

Rotaract Bursa Nilufer in Turkey developed the EndPlasticSoup calendar for 2024. You can order them via Dr. Reha AKIN PDG…

On November 17th Ilya Shcharbitski of our Ambassador Rotaract Club Scheveningen, D1600, Netherlands, has been rewarded as the EndPlasticSoup Most…

After many actions by Rotary Clubs in Spain, France and last year along the North Sea coast in The Netherlands,…

Barbara McChesney and Melanie Lewis are sharing their experiences at the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne where they promoted Endplasticsoup.

EndPlasticSoup was present at the convention with a booth and a break-out session on Wednesday 31th 11AM.

Stop pollution from filter cigarettes. 10 million kilos of cigarette butts per year, only in the Netherlands. That is extremely…

During the Rotary Festival in Maarssen on May 15, there was plenty of attention for improving the Plastic life cycle:…

Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited Marbella on the 19th of March. During the President lunch Willem Falter, chair of…

Like last year, the EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Club Nürnberg-Connect created a flyer on plastic fasting. Anyone can simply take part during…

World premiere! On World Women’s Day, March 8, the flag was handed over for the first Inner Wheel Club to…

On February 17th EndPlasticSouporganized a webinar on the health risks of plastic waste. Prof. Dr. Volker Harth MD, PhD, MPH…

A lot of single-used plastic is used in hospitals. 60% of them can be prevented. Watch these videos showing the…

Rotary Club Oldenburg-Ammerland (D1850, Germany) organized a great RYLA seminar in November. It was entitled “Sustainable Development Goals – the…

Rotary Club Brühl awarded our young ambassadors of Bye Bye Plastic Bags with 11,000 euro. The gift will be used…

Rotaract Scheveningen and Rotaract Dubai organized an EndPlasticSoup cleanup with 65 clubs in 16 countries.

Art made of plastic: A joint work by the RYLA participants and the artist and Rotarian Hugo Soto. At the…

After the flood on 14 July, which also led to flooded cellars and business premises of our members, we wanted…

EndPlasticSoup at the K-Fair (Plastic) 2022 in Düsseldorf Results of a visit to the K-Fair with respect to chemical recycling.…

The Rotaract Club of Dubai and Rotary Club of Dubai planned clean-up activities on Saturday, September 17th 2022, as part…

EndPlasticSoup was represented at the District 1090 Thames Valley Conference 2022 in Oxford, England. Presentation EndPlasticSoup Gert-Jan van Dommelen board…

We are so happy that the United Nations agreed on a Plastic Pollution Treaty at the 1st of March 2022.…

At 1st March 2022 the kickoff of the international Advisory Board for EndPlasticSoup took place. In two meetings we discussed…

On 15th February the Rotary Clubs of Mijas International and Marbella-Guadalmina, Mijas Town Hall, and Association Mi Moana, proudly unveiled…

Together with our Rotary Director Peter Iblher, our President of RotarAct Europe Ben Pinten, WASRAG and ESRAG Board Members, District…

Rotaract MDIO’s (Multi-District Information Organizations) in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania, jointly with EndPlasticSoup organized the webinar ‘Pollution’ on 27th November…

The Manilla Presidential Conference from 26-28 November, Rotary’s largest Asia-Pacific Conference was a great success with 18,000 participants. Worldwide this…

Rotary Club Winschoten (NL), together with Rotary Club Leer (Germany), created a new “End Plastic Soup Puzzle” that is sold…

Rotary Winschoten is responding to the puzzle craze during the Corona crisis. For the first time, the club is selling…

On Saturday 2 June 2018, Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da…

Founding a pioneering company to develop technology that monitors pollution and removes it from waterways Every year, millions of tons…

District 1580 has published a special Magazine for the Water Conference on April 13. In it, attention is paid to…

Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da Vinci Prize in a crowded…

On Monday November 26th we had an EPSN inspiration & brainwave evening, where the 60 Rotarians from 30 Rotary clubs…

On Saturday, June 2, the campaign End Plastic Soup Now started with more than 200 Rotarians and more than 100…