Event & Meeting Challenge
Become zero-waste at Rotary events and meetings.
Newsletter May 2023
Read more in our newsletter about the EndPlasticSoup Action Day on June 3rd and EndPlasticSoup on the International Rotary Conference in Melbourne.
How many plastic bottles do we produce?
How many plastic bottles do we produce? Our planet is flooded with single use plastics such as plastic bottles. Did you know that globally, we produce about 1 million plastic bottles every minute? What does that number even look like? This Studio Birthplace production – made with CG partners Method and Madness – makes the…
Worldwide EndPlasticSoup Action Day June 3rd 2023
On June 3rd it is Worldwide EndPlasticSoup Action Day. It is the 6th time that we show that all around the world, Rotarians and Rotaractors are People of Action. On the important theme of End Plastic Soup. We are happy to hear that so many initiatives are being implemented again this year. The actions can…
New video: Why EndPlasticSoup
Why do we need to act? What can we do? Watch our new video.
Where the Western world send their plastic scrap
All over the world countries are exporting their plastic waste to other destinations. The UK exports almost 430.000 tons and the USA almost 790.000 tons (figures 2018). Source: https://www.boell.de/en/plasticatlas; Graphic: PLASTIC ATLAS | Appenzeller/Hecher/Sack, CC BY 4.0. All countries should stop exporting their waste problem to other countries. Source: https://www.boell.de/en/plasticatlas More facts and figures Heinrich Böll…
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 Global Bottled Water Industry: A Review of Impacts and Trends
Worldwide, The bottled water industry has grown 73% in the past ten years. Every minute, over 1 mn bottles are sold globally. This growth poses a threat to groundwater resources, contributes to the plastic-bottle pollution and carbon emissions, and weakens the role of the state to provide universal access to drinking water, see this report…