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…
Es gibt noch Puzzles aus der EndPlasticSoup Summercamp Edition zu kaufen. Dieses zweite Puzzle des Rotary Club Winschoten (Niederlande) wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Rotary Club Leer (Deutschland) erstellt: ein echtes Sommerpuzzle mit allen möglichen Aktivitäten rund um die internationalen Rotary ‚Summer Camps‘. Der Erlös des Puzzles „Sommercamp“ ist wieder für EndPlasticSoup-Projekte bestimmt. Sie können…
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,…
Nina at the UN-INC4 in Ottawa Nina was in Ottawa, Canada, end of April, where she was attending a global summit on plastic waste. This summit, the fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, took place from 23…
We are happy to inform you at the start of April, when the world celebrates Earth Month, about the progress of Rotary EndPlasticSoup regarding new alliances, projects and events.
Interesting new report from earthday.org: Babies versus Plastics
End Warming Now shows how Rotary and Rotaract can walk this path together. By taking responsibility and being able to act. Now.
In the isolated exclave of Oecusse in Timor Leste, a community is banding together to challenge an environmental issue that affects us all—plastic pollution. Despite its remote location, bordered by the Savu Sea and nestled within Indonesian territory, Oecusse faces a problem familiar worldwide: the pervasive spread of plastic waste. Since 2001, an inspiring initiative…