Who we are

EndPlasticSoup started in June 2018 in District 1580 with a number of Amsterdam Rotary Clubs taking the initiative to end plastic soup in the world. Since 2020 EndPlasticSoup has a legal foundation “Stichting EndPlasticSoup” chartered and registered in The Netherlands. The bylaws meet the conditions for Rotary related organizations.

Since September 2025 EndPlasticSoup is the ESRAG task force to end plastic pollution, operating worldwide under the leadership of co-chairs Tami Mulcahy and Gert-Jan van Dommelen and the International Leadership Team (ILT), supported by he Board of the foundation, Region Ambassadors / Directors, Ambassador Clubs, Supporter Clubs, Young Ambassadors and an Advisory Board.

International Leadership Team

The EndPlasticSoup International  Leadership Team (ILT) is the leadership of the ESRAG EndPlasticSoup task force (short EndPlasticSoup). It is operationally responsible for awareness, actions and alliances to achieve the goal and mission of EndPlasticSoup: contribute to end the plastic pollution worldwide by 2050. The ILT is an organization body, no legal entity, that operates worldwide and independently as a programme, and complies with the Rotary International Code of conduct, the ESRAG Bylaws, and operates with an agreed written understanding regarding financials with the Board of the foundation “Stichting EndPlasticSoup” in The Netherlands.
The ILT has representatives from 3 regions: Americas, Europe/Turkey/ME/Africa, and India/Asia/Oceania. ILT members are not entitled to any renumeration. 

Co-chairs are:

  • Tami Mulcahy, RC Los Altos, California, D5170, United States
  • Gert-Jan van Dommelen, RC Huizen Gooimeer, D1570, Netherlands.
Organization EndPlasticSoup

Foundation Board

The EndPlasticSoup Foundation is a legal organization who is responsible for financial control and reporting, guards the budget and makes payments, after common approval with the International Leadership team

The Foundation Board is the statutory board of the Foundation “Stichting EndPlasticSoup”, registered in the Netherlands.

  • Wendela Sandberg, Chair, RC Amsterdam-Nachtwacht, D1580, Netherlands
  • Albert Jan Visser, Treasurer, RC Amsterdam-West, D1580, Netherlands
  • Gert-Jan van Dommelen, Secretary, RC Huizen-Gooimeer, D1570, Netherlands
  • Willem Falter, Education, RC Marbella-Guadalmina, D2203, Spain
  • Marja Ritterfeld, RC Uelsen-Coevorden, PDG D1850, Germany
  • Ilya Shcharbitski, Rotaract, Rotaract Scheveningen, D1600, Netherlands
  • Jan Jelle van Hasselt, Communications, RC Amsterdam Centraal, D1580, Netherlands

You can contact us by email endplasticsoup@gmail.com.

The members of the Board are not entitled to any renumeration. They are, however, entitled to ask for reimbursement of reasonable costs (such as travel expenses).

Board EPS oct 2024

Regional Teams – Directors

Also see: Areas

  • Oceania: Melanie Lewis, RC Rotary Social Impact Network, D9685, Sydney, Australia
  • Western North America: Barbara McChesney, RC Windsor, D5130, California, USA
  • Eastern North America: Andrea Lacroix, RC Ipswich-Rowley, D7930, Massachusetts, USA
  • Mexico: Anna Mier, RC Juárez Campestre, Ciudad Juárez, D4110, Mexico
  • Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay: Francisco Gimenez, Eco RC Maschwitz Ciudad entre Arroyos, D4895, Argentina
  • Spain: Pablo Cervantas, RC Vitoria, D2202, Spain
  • Portugal: George Lebeau, Rotary Club Atlântico, D1960, Portugal
  • Italy: Giacomo Aiazzi, RC Firenze Certosa and RTC Firenze Nord, Tuscany, D2071, Italy
  • Balkan and Eastern Europe: Hristina Malchevska, RC Sofia International, D2482, Bulgaria
  • Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania: Dina Selassi, RC Casablanca Nord, D9010, Morocco
  • West Africa: Abdul Rashid Alhassan, Rotaract Tamale, D9104, Tamale, Ghana
  • East Africa: Geofrey Arinaitwe, Rotaract Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumba, D9214, Masaka, Uganda
  • Egypt & Middle East: Amin Sabri, RC Al Shorouk, D2451, Cairo, Egypt
  • India and South Asia: Saurav Purkayastha, RC Mumbai Sobo, D3141, India
  • Turkey: Reha Akin, RC Bursa-Nilüfer, D2440, Bursa, Turkey
  • North East Asia: Michel De Vriendt, Tokyo Rotary Club, D2580, Japan
  • Philippines: Ann Lorenzana, RC Downtown Olongapo, D3790, Philippines
  • South East Asia: Ronaldo (Oyan) Villanueva, RC Baguio Summer Capital, D3790, Philippines
Region Directors

Theme Directors

  • Health: Ralf Thiel, RC Wiesbaden-Rheingau, D1820, Wiensbaden, Germany
  • Oceans: Marja Ritterfeld, RC Uelsen Coevorden, D1850, Germany
  • UN Plastic Treaty: Janet Kababeri-Macharia, RC Karura, D9212, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Rotaract: Ilya Shcharbitski, Rotaract Schevingen, D1600, Scheveningen, Netherlands.

Legal Status

“Stichting EndPlasticSoup” is a Public Benefit Organization (pbo) according to Dutch law and registered in The Netherlands. We are recognized as a Charity (ANBI) by the Dutch Tax Office and donations can be tax free according to Dutch tax regulations. Apart from focusing on the general good, PBOs must be transparent about their policy and formal organizational issues, and must adhere to reasonable checks and balances, costs and remuneration.

Chamber of commerce

Chamber of Commerce number: 77181913,
Dutch tax file number (RSIN): NL NL860925948.

Address:
Stichting EndPlasticSoup
Leemzeulder 10
1251 AN Laren
The Netherlands

Website: www.endplasticsoup.org

Statutory objective

The objective of EndPlasticSoup is to contribute with the Rotary organization (internationally) to the reduction of plastic pollution in the world.
Read more about our goals and vision.

Financials

The foundation Stichting EndPlasticSoup receives donations from a number of supporting Rotary Clubs around the world and individual donations. Next to these the Board supports the application for District Grants and Global Grants.

The available budget is spent to:

  • Create Awareness (website, social media, videos, promotional materials),
  • Promote and support club projects, education and actions (supporting EndPlasticSoup materials, promoting worldwide actions, community building within and outside Rotary) and
  • Expanding the network with ambassador and supporter clubs and building Alliances.
  • Support Young Ambassadors.

Financial reporting

EndPlasticSoup draws up the annual accounts within five months of the end of the Rotary year (June 30) and publishes the annual report, including the annual accounts on the website – the latest on November 1 of any year. Even though the Board draws up an annual budget, the character of the activities implies that the Board reconsider the budget regularly, along with the development of projects and donations.

Annual Report July 2023 – June 2024

Financial Report Foundation 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024

More annual and financial reports

EndPlasticSoup logo and flag

The ‘End Plastic Soup’ theme and the EndPlasticSoup logo are the property of Stichting EndPlasticSoup. We encourage the use of the EndPlasticSoup logo and/or flag to use for local and regional actions or awareness campaigns.

Supporter and Ambassador clubs will receive the EndPlasticSoup flag with their own club name and the EndPlasticSoup logo. Here you can find more information about how to become a Supporter or Ambassador club.

When you need our logo or an extra flag, please send us an email: endplasticsoup@gmail.com. We have logo’s available in different formats png/jpg and eps versions.

Flag EndPlasticSoup

EndPlasticSoup: a global environmental project for Rotary

EndPlasticSoup operates as the task force to end plastic pollution for ESRAG the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group. EndPlasticSoup complies the Rotary Bylaws and is a worldwide initiative.