Brand audit report 2018-2022: For the fifth year in a row, Break Free From Plastic has identified the world’s top plastic-polluting corporations. A brand audit is a participatory initiative where citizen scientists count and document the brands found on plastic…
In this newsletter we inform you about upcoming Action Days with examples of club actions to inspire you. We announce the details of worldwide Rotaract actions planned in September and October. Join them!
Barbara McChesney and Melanie Lewis are sharing their experiences at the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne where they promoted Endplasticsoup.
Hotels in Southern Vietnam unite to create a plant that upcycles plastic waste The hotel industry in Vietnam’s idyllic Cam Ranh is tackling the scourge of plastic waste head on, working together to ultimately help establish a local plant that…
Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun from Kenya met Mr Emmanual Macron, president of France, when offering the Children’s Declaration for a global financing pact, one that safeguards a just and sustainable future for all the children across the globe. Read more At…
Great news from Cairo Egypt. The Global Grant Project ‘Nile Plastic free’, reached a great milestone. The Global Grant is funded by over 22 Rotary clubs, 3 Districts, individual sponsorship and EndPlasticSoup! On 7 June the new catamaran boat has…
EndPlasticSoup is present at the convention with a booth and a break-out session on Wednesday 31th 11AM.
Henley Rotary Club, D1090, UK, and friends were in Henley early May undertaking a Plastic Blitz on the Big Help out day. Together with Henley Sea Cadets, Henley Rowing Club, Children from Gillotts school plus other volunteers we cleared rubbish…
On June 3rd it is Worldwide EndPlasticSoup Action Day. It is the 6th time that we show that all around the world, Rotarians and Rotaractors are People of Action. On the important theme of End Plastic Soup. We are happy…
Stop pollution from filter cigarettes. 10 million kilos of cigarette butts per year, only in the Netherlands. That is extremely polluting, for land and for the sea. Please use an ashtray and don’t throw cigarette butts on the street anymore.…
Worldwide, The bottled water industry has grown 73% in the past ten years. Every minute, over 1 mn bottles are sold globally. This growth poses a threat to groundwater resources, contributes to the plastic-bottle pollution and carbon emissions, and weakens…
Last week plastic pollution was discussed at the Africa Children Conference and it will be on the Outcome Statement that will be shared. The Africa Children’s Summit is a continental forum that seeks to give children a platform for participation.
Plastic pollution in the ocean might be enabling the creation of new floating ecosystems of species that are not normally able to survive in the open ocean. Read more in this news item from CNN. In a new study a team…
Geofrey Arinaitwe is president of Rotaract Club Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba, Uganda In 2022 he started many cleanup and awareness actions and education and he started cooperations with other Rotaract clubs in Uganda and abroad. Currently he runs the…
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited Marbella on the 19th of March. During the President lunch Willem Falter, chair of Marbella-Guadalmina, the Ambassador Club of EndPlasticSoup in District 2203, presented a plaque at the occasion of the collaboration of Rotary…
During the Ambassador Club meeting on 17th March, Fionn Ferreira has been recognized as Young Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup.
Like last year, the EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Club Nürnberg-Connect created a flyer on plastic fasting. Anyone can simply take part during Holy Week.
Prof Dr. Helmut Maurer new member Advisory Board Prof Dr. Helmut Maurer has joined the advisory board as the 8th member in March 2023. Prof. Maurer is an advocate, former principal administrator at the European Commission and was Senior Expert…
World premiere! On World Women’s Day, March 8, the flag was handed over for the first Inner Wheel Club to support EndPlasticSoup. Inner Wheel Club Vriezenveen, a club with 40 members in the Netherlands made the start, who will follow?…
On February 17th EndPlasticSouporganized a webinar on the health risks of plastic waste. Prof. Dr. Volker Harth MD, PhD, MPH elaborated on the effects of plastic waste on the human body in a presentation for Ambassadors and Supporters clubs and…
In this meeting ambassador clubs all around the world exchanged their experiences and listened to presentations by: Claudia Maria Koch, Bali Indonesia, about the Project Padangbai to clean the Coral reef, reduce plastic and provide education and waste collection facilities.…
Ambassador Club RC Marbella supports the La Espana Azul expedition that investigates plastic around Spanish coasts. The expediton is led by famous adventurer Nacho Dean and aims at raising awareness of marine plastic waste and promoting care for marine habitats.…
Incredible fourth cleanup of the El Río Grande/El Río Bravo river: 500 volunteers and more than 6 tons of garbage and plastic was collected near Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico on February 12, 2023. Thanks to all volunteers! Contact person: Bricia…
Good news: Our first Global Grant project in Europe has been approved! We congratulate the host club RC Bijeljina in Bosnia-Herzegovina and their international partner RC Wiesbaden-Rheingau. The project is about our three pillars: action, awareness and alliances.
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.
22 Thousand people support Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani (Nina), our Young Ambassador, to make a plastic sachet free school canteen.
Two students, Elmo Swenne and Pablo Bourcelet will visit the Balkan countries with their Van to pay attention to the Plastic Pollution and Rotary EndPlasticSoup. Their Flow project is for raising awareness and take water samples for data collection.
Examples of Rotary Clubs in action to End Plastic Soup: EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Clubs RC Ingeniero Maschwiz, D4895 in Argentina and RC Miami, D6990, Florida USA
In The Hague we spoke with our young ambassador Melati Wijsen (22) from Bali. Melati is a big change maker, on her island and in the rest of Indonesia and the world.
Kenneth Bruvik, past member of Sotra Rotary Club, our first Ambassador Club, has been awarded a very well deserved Kings Medal of Merit (Norway), for his outstanding public service as a youth worker and a protector of a sustainable environment. In…
Rotary Club Wageningen, Ambassador Club for EndPlasticSoup, together with the German EndPlasticSoup Ambassador Club Rotary Club Wipperfürth Lindlar/Romerike Berge, has developed a wonderful puzzle to do something about the enormous plastic pollution! The drawing by the artist Henk van Ruitenbeek…
We would like to present you our annual report for July 2021 until June 2022.
We wish you a healthy, happy and environment friendly 2023! With lots of inspiration and sharing all our good ideas and experiences to raise awareness, take actions,and align with others to reduce our plastic footprint.
We are happy to present you our newsletter of December 2022 with information about scientific research and Rotary actions to End the Plastic Soup. We are very proud of all our ambassadors, supporters and friends and their great work to…
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…
EndPlasticSoup presented the initiative at the European Rotary Institute in Basel 4-6 November Rotary Institute Basel Gert-Jan van Dommelen (co-founder and project director) and Marja Ritterfeld (board member and chair EndPlasticSoup Germany) informed the attendees of the Rotary Institute in…
Rotary Club Amsterdam-Nieuwendam has developed two innovative recycling projects: a mobile plastic recycling LAB for primary and secondary education in the Netherlands and a circular plastic recycling factory for 10 fishing villages in Vizianagaram, AP, on the east coast of…
Our Rotaract Ambassador Club in Uganda, Rotaract club of Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba Masaka D9214, prepares an education and awareness project “Youth for a plastic free lake Victoria”. The target area is the Kalangala district and lake Victoria landing…
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…
Rotary Club Brühl awarded our young ambassadors of Bye Bye Plastic Bags with 11,000 euro. The gift will be used for education booklets, educational training sessions, creation of teacher training and education content, and development of another educational booklet for…
Rotaract Scheveningen and Rotaract Dubai organized an EndPlasticSoup cleanup with 65 clubs in 16 countries.
In the Parliamentary Forum in the context of the G20 Parliamentary Speaker’s Summit P20, Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilani (Nina) representing Indonesia’s young generation delivered a message to the delegation of G20 member parliaments. Nina asked parliamentarians to make strict rules to reduce…
Our Young Ambassador and climate youth leader Melati Wijsen speaks about her mission to eliminate plastic waste and inspire other young people to become actors for change.
How do microplastics affect food safety? Dr. Huerta Lwanga discusses the issue of plastic use in agriculture (fertilizer, compost, mulch, sludge etc.). Microplastics in soil affect soil life and crop growth; these plastic particles can additionally migrate through the soil…
In November 2022 our alliance Research institute TNO in The Netherlands published a new report on Microplastics.
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…
Rotaract Clubs of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Jumeirah, and Dubai Cosmopolitan) joined forces with Liter of Light on October 2nd, 2022, to build solar lights that will be incorporated into solar art installations that shall be displayed during the…
The Rotaract Club of Dubai and Rotary Club of Dubai planned clean-up activities on Saturday, September 17th 2022, as part of “World Clean Up Day”, under the campaign “End the Litter Trail” with the aim to tackle and raise awareness…
Geofrey Arinaitwe EndPlasticSoup ambassador in Uganda invites you to Lambu fishing site clean up project beginning on the world cleanup day on Saturday 17th September 2022. World cleanup day project 2022 : Lambu fishing site clean up project Background of…
Environmental Committee challenges clubs to ‘clean up’ their communities in September
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