April 2026 We can’t see harmful microplastics coming out of our washing machines, but they are almost certainly there. Washing machines don’t have filters to catch them so they go into all water systems including our food and drinking water and the ecosystems around us. Our speaker is Mojca Zupan, who is dedicated to providingContinue reading “No to Microplastics!”
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End Plastic Soup
May 2026 Image: Indonesia Moluccan island Saparua, acknowledgement to Kees Lafeber The Speaker: Gert-Jan van Dommelen Co-founder and co-chair of EndPlasticSoup, the Rotary Environmental Action Group task force to end plastic pollution worldwide. Experience as programme manager and consulting leader Benelux at IBM corporation. Teacher for Amnesty International, Knight in the order of Oranje Nassau.Continue reading “End Plastic Soup”
Danone Quiz
What do you associate Danone with? A brand of yogurt? Yes, but which of the following facts are also true of Danone? Three are true and one is false. Other brands it is behind include Evian, Activia and Volvic It used more than 750,000 tonnes of plastic in 2021. More than it had used theContinue reading “Danone Quiz”
