Daphine, Geofrey, Jjemba and Aton: the EndPlasticSoup frontliners on the exhibition 4 February 2024 On Sunday 4th February 2024, the team of Rotaract Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumbateam headed 27 kilometres to Wagwa high school in lukaya to have several actions: Capacity building session of 24 Interactors on ending plastic pollution and shared simple projects…
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 Health and plastic pollution Global Grant project “Nile Plastic Free” with the announcement of a…
Scientists detected nanoplastics of different types in the snow at a remote high-altitude site in the Alps. Air transport modelling indicates regional and long-range transport of nanoplastics, originating preferentially from European urban areas. These urban areas are important sources of nanoplastics at this site, however the research showed that nanoplastics also travelled from across the…
This year 2024 our Ambassador Club Rotaract Muteesa 1 Royal University Kirumbawant wants to expand our footprint while focusing on building Ambassador and Supporter clubs and encourage clubs to support and donate. The target is to establish 130 interact Clubs (and about 150 schools), 30+ Rotaract clubs and 20+ Rotary clubs. A bicycle allows Geofrey…
In November 2022 our alliance Research institute TNO in The Netherlands published a new report on Microplastics. Microplastics: prevention is better than cure It has only recently become known that microplastics can penetrate deep into the human body (see World Health Organization report). The health risks of microplastics are still largely unclear, but studies increasingly…
We offer a presentation in your club about End Plastic Soup to grow awareness, and learn what actions you can take as individuals and a club.
Read more about the plans on education, awareness promotion and actions.
More and more results from research are available showing that plastic pollution has a major impact on health. About 95 additives in plastics are poisonous however still little is known about the dangers. We now do know additives impact our hormone system (‘Endocrine Disruption’), impact the unborn child and reduce fertility among males and females.…
