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Create awareness about pollution from cigarettes butts
Stop pollution from filter cigarettes. 10 million kilos of cigarette butts per year, only in the Netherlands. That is extremely polluting, for land and for the sea. Please use an ashtray and don’t throw cigarette butts on the street anymore. Three videos made by the students of the Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam, together with RC…
UN report Bottled Water Industry
Worldwide, The bottled water industry has grown 73% in the past ten years. Every minute, over 1 mn bottles are sold globally.
Young Ambassador Ellyanne at the Africa Children Conference
Last week plastic pollution was discussed at the Africa Children Conference and it will be on the Outcome Statement that will be shared. The Africa Children’s Summit is a continental forum that seeks to give children a platform for participation.
Plastic pollution in the ocean
Plastic pollution in the ocean might be enabling the creation of new floating ecosystems of species that are not normally able to survive in the open ocean. Read more in this news item from CNN. In a new study a team of researchers revealed that dozens of species of coastal invertebrate organisms have been able to…
Recognition of Geofrey Arinaitwe as the Most active EndPlasticSoup Rotaractor 2022
Geofrey Arinaitwe is president of Rotaract Club Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba, Uganda In 2022 he started many cleanup and awareness actions and education and he started cooperations with other Rotaract clubs in Uganda and abroad. Currently he runs the Youth for nature and empowerment initiative (CONYEI) with an objective to clean Lake Victoria. You…
Rhine CleanUp
Rhine CleanUp has been cleaning up the banks of rivers since 2018 – initially on the Rhine from the source to the mouth, and now also on 21 other rivers. In the last few years they have been able to activate over 100,000 volunteers, who have collected over 1,000 tons of rubbish.
United Nations Decade of Ocean 2021-2030
The Ocean Decade proclaimed by the United Nations has the goal of implementing transformative solutions for the protection and sustainable use of the ocean across disciplines and countries.
Plastic Fasting
Like last year, the EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Club Nürnberg-Connect created a flyer on plastic fasting. Anyone can simply take part during Holy Week.
Fionn Ferreira Young Ambassador
During the Ambassador Club meeting on 17th March, Fionn Ferreira has been recognized as Young Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup.