Rotary European Meeting Luxemburg 4-6 October 2024
Ilya Shcharbitski, Director EndPlasticSoup for Rotaract, presented the EndPlasticSoup initiative to Rotaractors.
Microplastics are everywhere: a 70% reduction is achievable
In November 2022 our alliance Research institute TNO in The Netherlands published a new report on Microplastics. Microplastics: prevention is better than cure It has only recently become known that microplastics can penetrate deep into the human body (see World Health Organization report). The health risks of microplastics are still largely unclear, but studies increasingly…
EndPlasticSoup at the Rotary Europe Summit in Bonn
The Rotary Europe Summit in Bonn 30 August – 1 September, offered a great opportunity to create more awareness about EndPlasticSoup for our European Rotary Clubs and Governor Elects/Nominees. About 600 attendees had a great program about sustainability, intergenerational dialogue, peace, vision, and about Bonn, the city of Beethoven and the home to over 25…
7 Steps to a Climate Friendly Rotary Club
A new book by Rotarian Michael Koch, The 7 Steps to a Climate-Friendly and Sustainable Rotary Club”, provides the guidance to address climate change in our own lives and as a Rotary community. The 7 Steps to a Climate-Friendly and Sustainable Rotary Club lays out in clear and understandable language why climate change matters and…
Plastic pollution is a human health issue
More and more results from research are available showing that plastic pollution has a major impact on health. About 95 additives in plastics are poisonous however still little is known about the dangers. We now do know additives impact our hormone system (‘Endocrine Disruption’), impact the unborn child and reduce fertility among males and females.…
EndPlasticSoup Dollard project installs first Innovative Waste Cleaner DPOL
Thanks to a donation from Rotary Club Winschoten, ports in Oldambt will be the first locations in the Netherlands to use the innovative waste cleaner DPOL (DePOLlution) system. This is a water cleaning robot that can remove floating contaminants such as plastic or waste from water. Freerk Potze presented the machines on behalf of the…
First African Plastic Summit in Ghana
In 2025 EndPlasticSoup, jointly with Ummy Relief Foundation and other partners, will organize the first African Plastic Summit in Accra, Ghana for Advancing Solutions for Plastic Waste Management in Africa. Plastic waste management has become a critical issue across Africa, where rapid urbanization and increasing plastic consumption have led to significant environmental and health challenges.…
390 million tons of plastic production every year
Source: Plastic Atlas 2019 Plastic Soup Foundation Some figures on plastic production: The amount of plastic that is produced in the world every year has increased from 2 million tons in 1950 to 390 million tons in 2021 (figures from the plastics industry https://plasticseurope.org). 56% of the plastic is produced after 2000; The expectation is…