Art made of plastic: A joint work by the RYLA participants and the artist and Rotarian Hugo Soto. At the first Spanish-German RYLA seminar on Mallorca, 15 schoolchildren got involved in cleaning up polluted beaches. The young people were accompanied by Marja Ritterfeld, ex-governor of D1850 and member of the board of EndPlasticSoup. She was…
EndPlasticSoup at the K-Fair (Plastic) 2022 in Düsseldorf Results of a visit to the K-Fair with respect to chemical recycling. K is the most important trade fair in the world for the plastics industry. Within the context of the initiative of EndPlasticSoup the author, Prof. Dr. Heinz Falk, had to recherche which industrial machinery will…
EndPlasticSoup was represented at the District 1090 Thames Valley Conference 2022 in Oxford, England. Presentation EndPlasticSoup Gert-Jan van Dommelen board member of EPS was one of the guest speakers during the afternoon program on 19 March. In his presentation, he addressed the global problem of plastic pollution, the huge impact of microplastics on climate change,…
We are so happy that the United Nations agreed on a Plastic Pollution Treaty at the 1st of March 2022. The United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi agreed to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed this…
On 15th February the Rotary Clubs of Mijas International and Marbella-Guadalmina, Mijas Town Hall, and Association Mi Moana, proudly unveiled a large fish sculpture on the beach, designed to collect plastic bottles. The unveiling was performed by Concejalia Arancha Lopez of Mijas Town Hall and Willem Falter of RC Marbella Guadalmina, which is the Ambassador…
Rotaract MDIO’s (Multi-District Information Organizations) in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania, jointly with EndPlasticSoup organized the webinar ‘Pollution’ on 27th November 2021. Webinar about Pollution Supported and joined by EndPlasticSoup, Rotaract organizations in Europe, Mediterranean and Oceania have once again started the debate about environmental sustainability after the first Climate Live webinar on 21st August. The…
RC Winschoten en RC Leer created ‘Rotary in action’ puzzles. The proceeds were intended for projects to prevent plastic in the sea.
District 1580 has published a special Magazine for the Water Conference on April 13. In it, attention is paid to EndPlasticSoup and many other initiatives that contribute to reducing plastic waste. Read the article via this link, or the entire magazine via this link. If you would like to come, please register via the website…
Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, received the 44th International Leonardo Da Vinci Prize in a crowded auditorium of the Rijksmuseum on Saturday 2 June. The prize, an initiative of 11 European Rotary Clubs, is for a young, promising person who is active in one of the many fields of work of…
On Monday November 26th we had an EPSN inspiration & brainwave evening, where the 60 Rotarians from 30 Rotary clubs were inspired by Thomas van Thiel from By The Ocean We Unite, Rosa Leijdekkers from rashless Earth and Annemarie Nederhoed from Plastic Soup Foundation. Afterwards we continued to talk in groups about ideas in the…