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This year we celebrated the 7th Worldwide Action day. Many clubs all over the world joined our action day. Read more about their activities.

The EcoLearn Kit, an environmental educational project by Rotaract Scheveningen, has won the award for Best Twin Project at EUCO in Bucharest. This accolade was achieved in collaboration with the Rotaract Club in Costanza. The recognition highlights the successful partnership…

Several Rotary Clubs joined World Earth Day 2024 on April 22.Carrie Hemme from our Ambassador Club in Lake Havasu City in Arizona (USA), coordinated the cleanup actions on Earth Day.

Important legislative progress was made at the meeting of the 27 EU Ministers for Environment in Luxembourg in June regarding waste management, including textiles and microplastics and a final agreement on the EU ‘Nature Restoration Law’.

Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by…

The EndPlasticSoup initiative created a lot of attention all over the Rotary International Convention in Singapore: from Nacho Dean during his presentation at the main stage to our breakout presentation and our Booth in the House of Friendship.

In February Dr Ralf Hardenberg, EndPlasticSoup Ambassador of Rotary Club of Nürnberg-Connect, Germany, visited Ghana. He was excited to volunteer for a medical project at a hospital in Nkawkaw, Ghana, and saw plastic everywhere. Thousands of black disposable plastic bags,…

Ralf Thiel, Director Health at EndPlasticSoup, RC Wiesbaden-Rheingau, D1820 Germany, presented the Theme Plastic and Health during the Synergy Europe meeting in January. Based on the experiences in hospitals the EndPlasticSoup project group will support the discussion and actions to…

In March 2022 the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) unanimously endorsed in Nairobi a historic resolution to End Plastic Pollution. Janet Kabeberi-Macharia, Director UN Plastic Treaty at EndPlasticSoup, RC Karura, D9212, Kenya, presented the progress of the UN Plastic Treaty…

Read more about this joint plastic recycle and youth training program initiated by RC Amsterdam-Nieuwendam & RC Vizianagaram in India

How do sustainability and plastic fit together? 42 committed students from Emsland and the county of Bentheim in D1850 (Germany) dealt with this question. On the initiative of the regional plastics network „Ems-Achse“ , they took part in the make@thon…

From 15. February 2024 Rotary Club Zagorje Kum is the official Ambassador of EndPlasticSoup for the Balkan region: Rotary and Rotaract clubs from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania. Cooperation with the clubs and region…

The Rotary ICC Executive Council and the Rotary EndPlasticSoup International Board signed a MoU on the 9th of February in London. It is intended to be the start of joint actions.

27th January we organized the inspiring Rotary Synergy online webinar “Rotary with EndPlasticSoup: Rotary’s commitment to protecting the environment from plastic pollution.” Keynote speaker was: Mr. Kamal Sanghvi, RI Director 2019-2021, RC of Dhanbad, India. Other presentations: UN Plastic Treaty…

‘EndPlasticSoup’ definitely had a central role at the Christmas dinner of Rotary Club Bruxelles Amitié in December: We have celebrated the signature of a (worldwide) co-operation between the EndPlasticSoup Board and the Executive Board of the Rotary Inter Country Committees.…

The Ambassador Club Rotaract Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba in D9214, Uganda organized awareness education and actions in Uganda for young people: Kalangala Mwena cleanup (with clubs from all over Greater Masaka) Interact club of Wagwa high school community project…

The students of the Rotary Youth Exchange in The Netherlands supported EndPlasticSoup with several fundraising actions and during a great goodbye event they handed over the cheque 8,000 Euro for education in Indonesia. A great result and example for the…

Our Ambassador Rotaract Tamale organized education, awareness and cleanup actions for schools in the city of Tamale in North Ghana. In August they started with 5 schools, so about 150 young children, age below 15. The School Project will continue…

EndPlasticSoup was represented at the COP28 in Dubai by Abdul Rashid Alhassan, Rotaract Tamale, Ghana As one of the 12 selected volunteers, I found myself among a dynamic and passionate group representing the global Rotary-Rotaract community. This diverse team united…

From 16-25 September the Rotary Flotilla in Croatia took place, a Rotary sailing for good with crews from the USA, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Jamaica, Italy and New Zealand. A mission for peace, friendship and raising awareness and funds for EndPlasticSoup,…

Together with the University of Osnabrück and the plastic industries EndPlasticSoup started an educational program for primary schools in September and a challenge for highschool students called Make@thon that will be held in January 2024. During one week teams of…

The International Board of Rotary EndPlasticSoup is pleased to announce an extension of the Leadership for EndPlasticSoup with Region Directors and Theme Directors, for an initial 3-year term. EndPlasticoup Directors create and manage the annual plan for the region or…

During the last months some interesting articles were published about new research and developments regarding microplastics.   Parkinson and dementia Parkinson’s disease and dementia linked to nanoplastics that may affect the brain. Researchers from Duke University School of Medicine have…

Rotaract Bursa Nilufer in Turkey developed the EndPlasticSoup calendar for 2024. You can order them via Dr. Reha AKIN PDG RI District 2440 at email address: guvern2015.16@gmail.com. Price is for 10 or 50 pack boxes, 80 or 280 EUR, of…

The next Synergy Europe online seminar is about “EndPlasticSoup to Create Hope in the World: Education, Equity & Environment”. The seminar will take place on Saturday 27th January 2024, 10-11.30 am CET (= 9-10.30 am UTC).

On November 17th Ilya Shcharbitski of our Ambassador Rotaract Club Scheveningen, D1600, Netherlands, has been rewarded as the EndPlasticSoup Most Active Rotaractor 2023.

After many actions by Rotary Clubs in Spain, France and last year along the North Sea coast in The Netherlands, we now placed the first EndPlasticSoup Street Tile (or Pavement Tile) in the province Noord-Brabant in The Netherlands. Initiated by…

Rotaract Scheveningen and Rotaract Dubai teamed up with EndPlasticSoup Rotary to organize clean-up events in October and November, bringing together Rotaractors from 30 different countries. As part of the “End Litter Trail” we assisted clubs in planning events from the…

Read more about our activities in the year 2022-2023.

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…

Barbara McChesney and Melanie Lewis are sharing their experiences at the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne where they promoted Endplasticsoup.

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.

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…

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…

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.…

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.

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…

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.