From 16-25 September the Rotary Flotilla in Croatia took place, a Rotary sailing for good with crews from the USA, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Jamaica, Italy and New Zealand. A mission for peace, friendship and raising awareness and funds for EndPlasticSoup, organized by Vladimir Korsum, president of RC of Ekaterinburg, D2223, Russia. Ildus Yanyshev, PDG D2223…
Together with the University of Osnabrück and the plastic industries EndPlasticSoup started an educational program for primary schools in September and a challenge for highschool students called Make@thon that will be held in January 2024. During one week teams of 3-5 students will work on subjects related to plastics and sustainability. We will tell you…
On June 4, Rotary members were at the Floriade Expo 2022 for the Stop Plastic Waste Event. This event was organized by the Rotary clubs Almere, Almere Weerwater, Almere New Town, Zeewolde and Huizen Gooimeer in collaboration with Rotary EndPlasticSoup. Tour of the Floriade Expo 2022 During the event, the Plastic Beach House, made by…
The International Board of Rotary EndPlasticSoup is pleased to announce an extension of the Leadership for EndPlasticSoup with Region Directors and Theme Directors, for an initial 3-year term. EndPlasticoup Directors create and manage the annual plan for the region or the theme to contribute to the goal of EndPlasticSoup. They promote, communicate, cooperate and manage…
During the last months some interesting articles were published about new research and developments regarding microplastics. Parkinson and dementia Parkinson’s disease and dementia linked to nanoplastics that may affect the brain. Researchers from Duke University School of Medicine have found nanoplastics affect a specific protein found in the brain, causing changes linked to Parkinson’s…
Rotaract Bursa Nilufer in Turkey developed the EndPlasticSoup calendar for 2024. You can order them via Dr. Reha AKIN PDG RI District 2440 at email address: guvern2015.16@gmail.com. Price is for 10 or 50 pack boxes, 80 or 280 EUR, of which 10 or 50 EUR are for Rotaractors in order to finance their EPS projects,…
On November 17th Ilya Shcharbitski of our Ambassador Rotaract Club Scheveningen, D1600, Netherlands, has been rewarded as the EndPlasticSoup Most Active Rotaractor 2023.
After many actions by Rotary Clubs in Spain, France and last year along the North Sea coast in The Netherlands, we now placed the first EndPlasticSoup Street Tile (or Pavement Tile) in the province Noord-Brabant in The Netherlands. Initiated by and jointly with the Dutch Service organization ‘Vrouwen van Nu’ (Women of Today) the Pavement…
Rotaract Scheveningen and Rotaract Dubai teamed up with EndPlasticSoup Rotary to organize clean-up events in October and November, bringing together Rotaractors from 30 different countries. As part of the “End Litter Trail” we assisted clubs in planning events from the Philippines to Mexico. Almost every part of the world participated, with people working together to…
Brand audit report 2018-2022: For the fifth year in a row, Break Free From Plastic has identified the world’s top plastic-polluting corporations. A brand audit is a participatory initiative where citizen scientists count and document the brands found on plastic waste to help identify the companies responsible for plastic pollution.