End Plastic Soup

10/06/2026

09/06/2026

08/06/2026

Schoonhoven – Rotary Schoonhoven haakte zaterdag in op de wereldwijde End Plastic Soup Action Day. Samen met vrijwilligers van Scouting Olivier van Noort II, Innerwheel en Krimpenerwaard Schoon werden straten, parken en waterkanten schoongemaakt.

08/06/2026

People of Action 🧡💙

June 6th marked International End Plastic Soup Action Day, an initiative that aims to raise awareness on plastic pollution and encourages concrete action to clean up our environment locally.

By acting locally, we participate in a global movement. Beyond the direct impact of the cleanup, these actions are a powerful tool for raising awareness and contribute to lasting changes in behavior.

Together, let’s make sure our planet contains more life than plastic💙🌊

07/06/2026

03/06/2026

Against the current 🌊

EndPlasticSoup board members met with Merijn Tinga and Wanda de Kanter during the official opening of the Plandelweek Utrecht, organised by and .

Dutch environmentalist Merijn Tinga, known as the “Plastic Soup Surfer,” met Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City to push for a bottle and can deposit system, arguing it could help drive similar policies in Italy and other countries.

After the official opening participants could watch the movie ‘Against the current’ and ask Merijn questions regarding his recent visit to the Pope.

In the movie Against the Current, Merijn Tinga paddles 1,250 kilometers through France — battling blisters, rejection, and despair — in a journey that becomes both a protest against plastic pollution and a search for purpose. A visually poetic portrait of endurance, conviction, and the thin line between idealism and exhaustion.

02/06/2026

Clean up your environment 🧡

Rotaryclub Berlin International and Rotaract Berlin organised a clean-up. Yes, what a unique opportunity to profoundly impact your environment, pursuing an ambitious solution to remove plastic waste from our environment. Thank you for all your efforts!

Read more on what you can do to clean your environment:
https://endplasticsoup.org/cleanup-actions/

01/06/2026

EPS & ICC sign cooperation action plan 2026-2028

EndPlasticSoup (EPS) and International Country Committees (ICC) signed the action plan with the following aim:

1. Build up a cooperation mechanism
2. Organise joint awareness activities
3. Propose actions and projects

What a great milestone!

Read the action plan in our *stories*.

01/06/2026

Thank you exchange students❤️

Exchange students raised more than €10.000 for EndPlasticSoup projects.

Last weekend a farewell party was held for the
Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) in the Netherlands. The RYE farewell party was a great success and is the ultimate goodbye celebration for exchange students concluding their year. During this exchange year in the Netherlands the students were able to raise thousands of euros via diverse initiatives. Thank you for all your efforts!

Our common goal is to contribute to reducing global plastic pollution and accelerate the end of plastic pollution by 2050, in the waters, the soil and in the air.

01/06/2026

A special thank you to IFO Design for supporting the ‘Plastic for a Book’ initiative by printing the coloring books in just one day! 👏😀 Your dedication and quick response helped make this Children’s Day project even better in Bulgaria. 📚🎨♻️special thanks to Zeljko, Dori and Veronika for creating the visual and content of this wonderful book