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Newsletter June 2025

News, NewslettersBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 20 June 2025

Read more about EndPlasticSoup at the Rotary International Conference in Calgary and the EndPlasticSoup Action Day in June in this newsletter.

EndPlasticSoup in Calgary

NewsBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 30 March 2025

EndPlasticSoup is present at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary June 21-25. You can visit our Booth (no. 220) in the House of Friendship in Calgary.

New board members

NewsBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 3 May 2025

We are glad to announce the appointment of Tami Mulcahy as Member of the Operational Board and Andrea Lacroix as member of the International Board.

Newsletter April 2025

News, NewslettersBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 3 May 2025

Read our latest newsletter with more information about the collaboration with ESRAG Plastic Solutions, and the Alarming New Research: Microplastics Threaten Global Food Security.

Children’s Musical “No More Plastic in the Sea”

Awareness, NewsBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 8 April 2025

Musical “No More Plastic in the Sea” in the Nuernberg Zoo

Rotary Guernesiais celebrates 30 years of community service

Cleaning, NewsBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 7 April 2025

Guernsey United Kingdom: Rotary Harbour Hoover Project The beautiful island of Guernsey is tackling marine litter with a smart solution: the PortBin, a Norwegian innovation that collects floating waste in marinas. Rotary Guernesiais, in partnership with Guernsey Harbours, is raising funds to expand this effort. ‘Hugo’ the Harbour Hoover is currently being serviced after braving…

Plastic pollution reduces crops worldwide

NewsBy Gert-Jan van Dommelen 1 April 2025

The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise. As the guardian states: “The analysis estimates that between 4% and 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse,…