Newsletter March 2023
There is much to share with you in our newsletter of march. Read more about actions and upcoming events and our latest news.
La Espana Azul expedition
Ambassador Club RC Marbella supports the La Espana Azul expedition that investigates plastic around Spanish coasts. The expediton is led by famous adventurer Nacho Dean and aims at raising awareness of marine plastic waste and promoting care for marine habitats. The boat and her crew left San Sebastian in September 2022 and will continue travelling…
Fourth Cleaning of the El Río Grande river/El Rio Bravo
Incredible fourth cleanup of the El Río Grande/El Río Bravo river: 500 volunteers and more than 6 tons of garbage and plastic was collected near Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico on February 12, 2023. Thanks to all volunteers! Contact person: Bricia ElAwar (mail endplasticsoup@gmail.com for contact details) Poster Fourth Rio Grande Cleanup Mexico Many migrants in…
Project EndPlasticSoup – Drina – Danube Region (Global Grant 2236645 )
The EndPlasticSoup – Drina project is designed to help protect, preserve and maintain the environment through the protection and restoration of freshwater and, by extension, marine water resources.
Single used plastic from surgeries
A lot of single-used plastic is used in hospitals. 60% of them can be prevented. Watch these videos showing the use of single used plastic in different situations in hospitals.
Waste Management Training Center Bali Indonesia
This 3-year Project is planned to deliver a Waste Management Training Centre platform in Bali Indonesia.
A sachet free school canteen in Indonesia
22 Thousand people support Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani (Nina), our Young Ambassador, to make a plastic sachet free school canteen.
Young Ambassador Ellyanne Wanjiku in Zimbabwe
Ellyanne Wanjiku visited Zimbabwe in December and early January to create EndPlasticSoup awareness at schools, in a church and meeting government officials. Ellyanne visited Harare Gardens Park. Plastic shopping bags are still used here. Plastic pollution is a big deal in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Ellyanne shows a landfill near Mkuvisi Woodlands. Ellyanne met Ruvarashe Muchena from…
Successful RYLA for Sustainability and EndPlasticSoup
Rotary Club Oldenburg-Ammerland (D1850, Germany) organized a great RYLA seminar in November. It was entitled “Sustainable Development Goals – the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations”. The 27 participants aged 16 to 28 experienced a packed seminar weekend, during which they were made familiar with the SDGs of the UN in a…
Recycling projects by RC Amsterdam-Nieuwendam in the Netherlands and India
Rotary Club Amsterdam-Nieuwendam has developed two innovative recycling projects: a mobile plastic recycling LAB for primary and secondary education in the Netherlands and a circular plastic recycling factory for 10 fishing villages in Vizianagaram, AP, on the east coast of India.