Gert-Jan van Dommelen

Create awareness

Creating Awareness The first step in solving the plastic pollution problem is to create awareness across the full lifecycle of plastic, and what you can do to contribute to prevent and solve the plastic pollution problem: Understand the real problem: (Micro)plastics never go away and are everywhere around us: in the waters, in the soil,…

Education

Educate the children It starts with education for the children, the younger generation, and awareness for everyone: Understanding the real problem of microplastics, the impact of plastic pollution on water and soil, the impact on our health. In cooperation with our alliances we offer the use of education materials for primary and secondary schools. Education…

Reduce plastic

Reduce plastic Learn more about how to reduce your plastic footprint. What can you do yourself or in your club to reduce de use of plastic, especially the use of single-use-plastic. What can you do to reduce the use of plastic?

Cleanup actions

What can you do to clean your environment? How to organize a cleaning event?

Collect waste

What can you do to collect waste? Cooperation with alliances Waste collection projects from lakes and rivers require cooperation with local authorities, local waste management and solution providers. EndPlasticSoup collaborates with international alliances that provide best practices solutions for collection: Everwave (https://everwave.de/en/) CollectIX cleaning boat including Drone and AI technology. The Ocean Cleanup (https://theoceancleanup.com/rivers/) Interceptor boat…

Waste management

Waste management solutions cover different parts Education and awareness campaign to reduce waste Waste collection and sorting Composting Recycling and reuse of metal, glas, paper, wood, and clean, sorted plastic, e.g. PET Recycling of mixed plastic waste Incineration. Factory diaper recycling Cooperation with alliances Waste management projects require cooperation with local authorities, local waste management…

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