Single used plastic from surgeries
A lot of single-used plastic is used in hospitals. 60% of them can be prevented. Watch these videos showing the use of single used plastic in different situations in hospitals.
Successful RYLA for Sustainability and EndPlasticSoup
Rotary Club Oldenburg-Ammerland (D1850, Germany) organized a great RYLA seminar in November. It was entitled “Sustainable Development Goals – the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations”. The 27 participants aged 16 to 28 experienced a packed seminar weekend, during which they were made familiar with the SDGs of the UN in a…
Education in Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Philippines and Indonesia
Germany Education boxes have been developed for primary, secondary and professional schools. Rotary Clubs all over Germany donate these boxes to schools in their community. Many boxes have already been donated. More information (German) United Kingdom Rotary Clubs now support more and more education jointly with our young ambassadors Kids Against Plastic and their Plastic Clever…
EndPlasticSoup NieMeermüll Plastic Art Competition
Rotary Club Brühl awarded our young ambassadors of Bye Bye Plastic Bags with 11,000 euro.
EndPlasticSoup at the K-Fair (Plastic) 2022 in Düsseldorf
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…
This was the plastic era
A hopeful children’s book in Dutch from an award-winning team about a global problem and young heroes. How do we explain to our children that we have a very big problem wrapped in bubble wrap?
Stop Plastic Waste Event at the Floriade in Almere
On June 4, Rotary members were at the Floriade Expo 2022 for the Stop Plastic Waste Event. This event was organized by the Rotary clubs Almere, Almere Weerwater, Almere New Town, Zeewolde and Huizen Gooimeer in collaboration with Rotary EndPlasticSoup. Tour of the Floriade Expo 2022 During the event, the Plastic Beach House, made by…
EndPlasticSoup at the D1090 Conference in Oxford March 2022
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,…
UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
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…
Fish sculpture at Royal Beach, Mijas Costa, Spain
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…