Ambassador Club RC Marbella and Rotary Clubs in Portugal support the La Portugal Azul expedition that investigates plastic waste along the Atlantic coast of Portugal including the Azores. The expedition is led by famous adventurer Nacho Dean as a follow-on of the successful La Espana Azul expedition in 2023, and aims at raising awareness of…
Plastic pollution has become a significant environmental challenge in Greater Masaka, affecting communities across six districts in Uganda. This proposal aims to address the adverse effects of plastic pollution by establishing a waste management process and comprehensive recycling initiative while concurrently fostering economic empowerment opportunities for local communities.
Rotary Club Winschoten, Netherlands, and Rotary Club Leer, Germany, have sold two ‘End Plastic Soup’ puzzles “Santa Run” and “Summer Camp” drawn in the (Netherlands) very popular Jan van Haasteren-stile. Funds raised by selling the puzzles Part of the profit was contributed to the development of a Bubble Barrier in the Old Rhine in Katwijk,…
Many Rotary clubs throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria carried out cleanup campaigns for EndPlasticSoup as part of the Rotary Action Day on May 21st. The Rotary Action Day was suggested by our RI President Shekhar Mehta. Read more: https://rotary.de/soziales/die-rotarische-familie-packt-gemeinsam-an-a-19498.html Rotary Action Day in Munich (Germany) 21 May 2022
The Rotary Clubs from the wider Split area in Croatia support the Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR) to equip IOR with devices for examination and determination of exact degree and type of microplastics pollution pollution in the Adriatic Sea. The Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries is the first national scientific institution dedicated to marine…
RC Al Shorouk (D2451 Egypt), RC München-Land (D1842,Germany) and NGO VeryNile, decided to make a Global Grant project at Assiut which is situated 500 km south of Cairo and on the River Nile. In relation with the initiatives Adopt a river and End Plastic Soup, the project aims to collect the plastic from the Nile…
Due to the importance of the River Nile and for reducing its plastic pollution as the Nile is considered the sixth river worldwide in contamination of the Sea and Oceans with Plastic. Rotary District 2451, Egypt decided to establish a special task force for a clean Nile and to raise awareness in Schools and the…
A 3 years awareness Global Grant project against plastic pollution The main objective of the project is to raise awareness of the problem of plastic pollution on the coasts of Tuscany among 3 targets of the population: young people, fisherman and tourism. The Global Grant nr 2462515 has been approved, the budget is 93,928.00 USD
In order to reduce Plastic waste in the River Nile RC Al Shorouk (Egypt) along with RC Muenchenland (Germany) established a Global Grant to build a catamaran boat to collect plastic from the Nile and send it for recycling and production of several products. This project is self sustainable and covers its costs due to…
Our young ambassador Nina developed a plan to create plastic-free canteens at schools in Indonesia. This includes awareness regarding the reduction of plastic packaging to avoid plastic waste, and it also brings awareness regarding the overuse of sugar by children causing obese weight and health problems. Stages of develop a sachet free canteen (Aware Manage,…