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Dear RC fellows all over the world,

Since Hamburg19 lots of you joined: welcome to RC's in Italy, Philippines, Norway, Sweden....
Are you next?
Please join our initiative and help us achieve our goals.  We are supported by: ESRAG Beat Plastic Pollution, IYFR Plastic Free Waters ,
WASRAG River Clean-Ups and ROTARACT End Plastic Now



Rotary EndPlasticSoup
Our vision:

  • make an impact worldwide to solve the Plastic Soup problem: End Plastic Soup by 2050
  • grow a viable visible Rotary, local &international, across generations & cultures
  • support the UN Sustainable Development Goals and address Climate Change
Our goals: Awareness, Action & Alliances
  • Awareness: 1,2 mio  Rotarians and their communities
  • Action: locally, worldwide & publicity, yearly Rotary 'EndPlasticSoup' -day, 1st Saturday of June
  • Alliances: to accelerate local and global solutions, support environmental change and grow Rotary on our impact
Our principles:
  • we all take our responsibility
    • every country solves its own plastic waste problem: no export to other regions
    • every producer is responsible for enabling re-use and recycle100% of its own plastic waste
  • every region sets its own priorities and timelines
    • local clubs can best assess local needs, solutions, capabilities & possibilities
  • ' Service above Self' , Rotary 4-way test, Rotary Area of Focus Policy Statements and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our objectives 2020-2025:
  • 3.000 RC' s are getting involved yearly
  • 300.000 Rotarians are active in recycle, refuse, re-use (3R), yearly 
  • 100.000 Children are informed about us on the problem and (3R) yearly
  • we organise our Rotary events plastic free
  • we undersign a Plastic Free Code of Conduct
read more on our website: http://www.endplasticsoup.org

 Plastic soup fishing in Amsterdam 1st June 2019

please join: 
Become a Member:
 €200,- per year
  • get the flag with your RC logo  and EPS logo on it
  • obtain the right to use the EPS-logo
  • get our presentation, facts and figures  by wetransfer
  • your Rotary club name is posted on the EPS-website and Social Media
  • your local and regional actions are supported by tips and tops
  • coverage of your actions on the EPS website and Newsletter
  • support of Alliances who do the job: Plastic Soup Foundation, By The Ocean we Unite, The Ocean Cleanup , The Great Bubble Barrier, etc.
Become a Friend: €50,- once and order the flay with your logo.
  • for Rotaract and Interact clubs we ask a one-time contribution of €50,- 
  • if a Rotaryclub doesn't want to became a member yet, order the EPS -flag for only €50,-
  • Gert-Jan van Dommelen showing the EPS-flag of ESRAG 

 
If you want to join us, send an email or deposit the contribution direct into account nr. NL07ABNA0626282195 (SWIFT-code: ABNANL2A) 
Stichting Steunfonds Rotary-Club Minerva,

acting as central contracting party on behalf of the organizing clubs.
Please mail us the name of your club and your address for sending the flag! endplasticsoup@gmail.com


RCSotra after cleaning up in June 2019

Waste on Island of Sapura, Molucca Indonesia, foto credits to Kees Lafeber

Clean Up by RC 

June Hamburg19: RG Rutger Mazel, Wendela Sandberg, German Minister of Environment
Gerd Muller, RG Barbara van Goethem 1819D1580

3 of the ladies of the EPS-team: Wendela Sandberg, Madelon Schaap,
Wytzia de Savornin Lohman, Hetty Deinum(missing on this pic)
And please do sign the petition!
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www.endplasticsoup.org
Email
EPSendplasticsoup
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