Newsletter October/November 2024
Read our latest newsletter with more information about the actions and projects you do, our emergency fund and our collaboration with ESRAG Taskforce Plastic Solutions.
Disasters and floodings: Emergency fund
Jablanica lake EndPlasticSoup has decided to raise an EndPlasticSoup Emergency fund to support Rotary clubs after disasters like floodings to support cleanups and processing of plastic waste in the environment. After the request for help in Eastern Europe and Bosnia-Herzegovina to cleanup the plastic pollution caused by the floods in September and October 2024, we…
Collaboration with the ESRAG Taskforce Plastic Solutions
The ESRAG Taskforce Plastic Solutions (https://esragplastics.org) and EndPlasticSoup (https://endplasticsoup.org) are collaborating with the intention to communicate as one platform for actions, webinars, newsletters, conferences and sharing knowledge regarding the plastic pollution problem. At the Rotary International Conference in Calgary 21-25 June 2025 we will operate as one team in the Booth and we will present…
New EndPlasticSoup projects to support
Several EndPlasticSoup projects are being prepared for a Global Grant by the local Rotary clubs and EndPlasticSoup. We are looking for international sponsor clubs to fund and participate.
Rotary Clubs in action
In September and October Rotary Clubs worldwide organized awareness and cleanup events for World Cleanup day and World Rivers day. Below a summary of actions that were done. India Cleanliness drive of Central Park, Jaipur, India, 2 October 2024 Our Ambassador Sanjay Kaushik, Rotary Club Jaipur Royal, D3056, organized a Cleanliness Drive and Plastic Free…
Education ‚Happy Green‘ in SE Asia – Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam
EndPlasticSoup provided the education materials ‚Happy Green…‘ for the pilot education at primary schools in The Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. Pilots will now start and will be evaluated how to scale to many schools in these countries. The Happy Green Indonesia materials (Student book, Activity guide with 34 activities and the Board Waste Game) have…
New leaders at EndPlasticSoup
We welcome our new leaders at EndPlasticSoup.
Our oceans have learnt how to eat plastic!
Oceans are carbon producers and eaters, an important source of carbon emissions and absorption, and have an enormous impact on our climate change. Research by institutes and universities to understand the impact of microplastics on our climate, biodiversity and health is essential. This video shows some recent findings.
New facts & figures about plastic and healthcare
When we started the EndPlasticSoup initiative in 2018 we experienced a lack of research and evidence regarding plastic pollution. Since some years we see an increase of research findings regarding plastic pollution and the disrupting effect of microplastics on our hormone (endocryne) system and direct relationships with human health, fertility, and impact on all life…
Rotary European Meeting Luxemburg 4-6 October 2024
Ilya Shcharbitski, Director EndPlasticSoup for Rotaract, presented the EndPlasticSoup initiative to Rotaractors.