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, small plastic water sachets, plastic bottles – even littering the hospital grounds. Plastic never goes…
Partout dans le monde, des pays exportent leurs déchets plastiques vers d’autres destinations. Le Royaume-Uni exporte près de 430 000 tonnes et les États-Unis près de 790 000 tonnes (chiffres 2018). Source : https://www.boell.de/en/plasticatlas (en anglais); Graphique : PLASTIC ATLAS | Appenzeller/Hecher/Sack, CC BY 4.0. Tous les pays devraient cesser d’exporter leur problème de déchets vers d’autres pays.…
Geofrey Arinaitwe is using his EndPlasticSoup bicycle to reach out to youth living on the shores, Islands, fishing and landing sites of Lake Victoria to educate them about about plastic pollution its effect, how to end it, take care of climate conservation and protection of biodiversity. Many people can get information and additional knowledge towards…
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 remove (plastic) waste from hospitals and in medical care: Avoid single use instruments of steel…
Le plastique qui finit dans la mer s’accumule sur les plages, dans l’eau et sur les fonds marins. La majeure partie de la pollution plastique se trouve sous l’eau. Les organismes marins tels que les poissons absorbent les (micro)plastiques et ceux-ci se retrouvent dans notre chaîne alimentaire. La source : https://www.grida.no/resources/6904 (en anglais). Maphoto/Riccardo Pravettoni) https://www.grida.no/resources/6904
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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 at the Synergy Europe meeting on 27th January 2024. Progress towards developing an International Legally…
Read more about this joint plastic recycle and youth training program initiated by RC Amsterdam-Nieuwendam &
RC Vizianagaram in India
