The World Cleanup Day is on Saturday 21 September 2019. In 2018, 18 million volunteers from 157 countries took part worldwide. This year this largest worldwide clean-up campaign is being organized in more than 160 countries. And of course Rotary participates! We call on all Rotary clubs in the world to roll up your sleeves…
Rotaracters in The Hague and surroundings continue! On June 25, the hottest day so far, they went to the beach to clean up plastic. A beach clean-up with a good result.
Purmerend gathered on 1 June to clear the environment of excess plastic. A call to participate was posted on www.pricknik.nl. The enthousiasm was overwelming. With 250 people in 13 groups they collected 253 kilos of waste.
On June 1st we’re organizing the Trashlesstival at the Ceuvel in the North of Amsterdam! This entire day is focused on dealing with the trash in the neighborhood of Buiksloterham.
Tuesday, May 7th, we arranged a successful action: 25 Rotarians collected 400 kg. plastic in two hours. Mostly nylon rope in all forms and fashions, bits of fishing nets and industrial plastic bags and containers, all in various stages of decay. Much of it has evidently been there for decades, and was partly infiltrated in…
The Rotary Clubs in Huizen started the new year fresh with the School Challenge, the first concrete campaign for End Plastic Soup Now. The School Challenge wants to make it possible for all primary schools in Huizen to do waste separation. Now it is not legally permitted to have waste collected separately by the GAD.…
On the 1st of June, the people in Purmerend will collect as much litter as possible. The organization will provide all the necessary attributes to achieve this. After about puncturing one hour and a half, there is a meeting in the Leeghwaterpark where we will have a picnic. During this picnic, we can enjoy various…
On November 7, 2018 Rotary Club Huizen Gooimeer organized an inspiring and informative seminar at De Krachtcentrale in Huizen for the introduction of EndPlasticSoupNow. There was a lot of interest in the meeting, not only from Rotary members of various clubs in the region, but also from many other interested parties. The program was varied…
Millions of volunteers in 150 countries uniting to clean up the world in a single day. Be part of the biggest civic action in human history, and help launch a cleaner future. On 15 September, volunteers and partners worldwide will come together to rid our planet of trash – cleaning up litter and mismanaged waste from…
How do you clean up something fun? Well, for example by making it a whole festival. Armed with grabs and a garbage bag, the festival goers step into the boat. The first stop is a quay where the remains of an undoubtedly pleasant evening float in the water. « This is not normal », it sounds when…