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Single-use plastics in packaging and servingware
Single-use plastics in packaging and servingware make up to 40 – 50% of the plastic products fueling the global plastic waste crisis
Campaign Group Organizing Mtg
This project is a powerful way for Clubs and Districts to eliminate single-use plastic and disposables at events, meetings and fundraisers – but we need to build a solid campaign to let them know about it!
The Rotary Foundation’s the 7th Area of Focus
In 2020 The Rotary Foundation Trustees and Rotary International Board of Directors unanimously approved adding a new Area of Focus: supporting the environment.
COP 27
Plastic production increases can be expected as multiple countries continue to build ethane-cracking plants, costing billions of dollars, and increasing the production of polyethylene beads by millions.
Plastic Solutions Social Hour
Join the leaders of Plastic Solutions for a casual, plastic-waste-obsessed social .5 hour on Wednesday Nov 30, 11 am CST (5 pm UTC) on Zoom! Let’s get to know each other and chat!
Plastic Toys
Toys are meant to make children happy and put smiles on their faces; by understanding what toys are made of, we can aim to rid children’s toys of toxic chemicals and carcinogens and instead replace them with toys that keep children happy inside and out.
Inspiring and Equipping Rotary Clubs for Climate Action
The Rotary Clubs of Assisi and San Francisco invite you and your Rotary Club to participate in our Global Climate Action Forum from Assisi, Italy on November 26-27, 2022.
UNDO : On Plastic Pollution
UNDO (End Tobacco Damage Now) is a California NGO that holds the tobacco industry accountable for their words and actions, and is now targeting the plastic pollution caused by micro fibers in the 6 billion filtered cigarettes made each year.
Micro Plastics & Pathogens
Our planet is being drowned in plastics, a product which can virtually last forever and breaks up over time into tiny micro and nano particles.
Rotary Institute Basel Switzerland 2022
Franz Muller
Rotary Eco Club Milano District 2041
Esrag Board Director
Live recording
Plastic solutions : fighting the causes with circular economy
Food Packaging
The United Nations Environmental Program just released a new report: Supermarket food packaging and its alternatives: Recommendations from Life Cycle Assessments.
Fostering Sustainable Behavior
How do we go about transforming people’s good intentions into action? The book Fostering Sustainable Behavior by Doug McKenzie-Mohr explains how the field of “community-based social marketing” has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change
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