Dr Prakash Tata and RC Naperville Win Engineering Grand Prize

Dr Prakash Tata and RC Naperville Win Engineering Grand Prize

by Ariel Miller The innovative plastics recycling social enterprise designed by Rotarian Prakasam (Prakash) Tata, PhD has won the 2023 Grand Prize for Small Projects from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists for the Rotary Club of Naperville,...
ESRAG Virtual Business Cards

ESRAG Virtual Business Cards

Heading to RICON or other events?  Why bother with wasteful paper business cards when you can use a virtual business card? It’s easy as 1-2-3 Fill out ESRAG Digital Business Card or https://forms.gle/ETfP4RqS7tYLGQZ39. We’ll send you a QR code. Print the QR at your...
Simposio Latinoamericano de Medio Ambiente

Simposio Latinoamericano de Medio Ambiente

Simposio Latinoamericano de Medio Ambiente June 5-6 for World Environment Day hybrid for the first time! After the great experience of the World Environment Conference organized by ESRAG’s Latin American (LATAM) Chapter in 2021 on Zoom, we decided to have our own...
Living Within Our Planetary Means

Living Within Our Planetary Means

Our planet’s capacity to sustain human life is in dire danger. That’s a fact, and so is this: every Rotarian has the power to increase humanity’s ability to survive. Actions you take – from your kitchen to international summits – can help humankind return to...
Mining US homes and businesses for lithium

Mining US homes and businesses for lithium

Mass electrification demands more rechargeable batteries that require lithium and other rare minerals. Through ESRAG’s new lithium-ion recycling project, Rotarians are engaging their communities in a smart circular economy step to accelerate climate solutions. “The...
Reuse-and-refill succeeding in businesses, Clubs

Reuse-and-refill succeeding in businesses, Clubs

By Lori Cloutier, Co-Chair, ESRAG Plastics Solutions Task Force This article is part of ESRAG’s December focus on circular economy. Unless you live in a (plastic) bubble, you already know that single-use packaging and serving ware (SUP) make up to 40 – 50%...