New video: Why EndPlasticSoup
Why do we need to act? What can we do? Watch our new video.
Aandacht voor Plastic op het Rotary Festival in Maarssen
Tijdens het Rotary Festival in Maarssen op 15 mei was er volop aandacht voor het verbeteren van de Plastic life cycle: reduce, reuse & recycle.
UN report Global Bottled Water Industry: A Review of Impacts and Trends
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 the role of the state to provide universal access to drinking water, see this report…
Bewustwording creëren over vervuiling door sigarettenpeuken
Stop vervuiling door filtersigaretten. 10 miljoen kilo sigarettenpeuken per jaar, alleen in Nederland. Dat is enorm vervuilend, voor land en zee. Gebruik alstublieft een asbak en gooi geen sigarettenpeuken meer op straat. Drie video’s gemaakt door de leerlingen van het Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam, samen met RC Amsterdam-Nachtwacht en EndPlasticSoup. Je kunt ze gebruiken om…
Young Ambassador Ellyanne at the Africa Children Conference
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
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 of researchers revealed that dozens of species of coastal invertebrate organisms have been able to…
Recognition of Geofrey Arinaitwe as the Most active EndPlasticSoup Rotaractor 2022
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 Youth for nature and empowerment initiative (CONYEI) with an objective to clean Lake Victoria. You…
Jennifer Jones visits Marbella 19th March
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 EndPlasticSoup in Spain with Nacho Dean and his expedition:”La Espana Azul”.
Fionn Ferreira Young Ambassador
During the Ambassador Club meeting on 17th March, Fionn Ferreira has been recognized as Young Ambassador for EndPlasticSoup.
Ondersteun EndPlasticSoup en geef een Rotary legpuzzel cadeau
Er zijn nog puzzels te koop van de EndPlasticSoup Summercamp editie. Je kunt de puzzels ook als cadeau geven aan gastsprekers of nieuwe leden i.p.v. de traditionele fles wijn of bloemen. En maak kans op een van de 2 Gouden Rotary wielen, die per stuk 500 euro waard zijn. De puzzel kan online besteld worden…