BioDesign Foundation, together with the Navy and in collaboration with the University of Naples Vanvitelli, presents The Custodians Earth Solution Symposium. The first international symposium on the pathologies caused by microplastics for human health and biodiversity, will present the results of the most recent national and international studies that find an indisputable link between exposure to microplastics and some human diseases. The project The Custodians Plastic Race - Italy, the nationwide coordinated clean-up week from 6 to 12 October 2025, will also be presented.
The event will take place at the Salone delle Colonne, EUR Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 26/C in Rome.
The Custodians Plastic Race: a global pursuit for nature.
A collective action against plastic pollution in the interest of national and international public health and biodiversity, to prevent further formation and dispersion of microplastics. From 6 to 12 October 2025, the National Clean-up Week will see institutions, companies, associations, armed forces and citizens united in one single task force to clean up the Italian territory, on land and at sea, in a coordinated and capillary operation.
Globally, The Custodians Plastic Race is the first initiative that has succeeded in creating a heterogeneous task force. Institutional bodies such as the Italian Navy, Coast Guard, Guardia di Finanza, Civil Protection, law enforcement agencies cooperate with civil bodies such as national and international sports federations, universities, schools, companies with their own employees, associations, NGOs and volunteers, each involved according to their abilities, to carry out coordinated, simultaneous and capillary clean-up operations to intervene across vast territories.
Download The Custodians App, the app to report plastic waste on land and in the sea, and become an active citizen for biodiversity and health.Map the sources of microplastics and participate in the first coordinated national clean-up, scheduled for autumn 2025.
The Custodians Earth Solution Project
Innovative solutions developed with exceptional partners for a sustainable future.
The Custodians App:
a network for collective action
Institutions, companies and citizens united to report and resolve environmental problems together.
The Custodians Academy: education for a sustainable future
Immersive workshops to cultivate active citizens and promote the balance between humans, technology and nature.
The Custodians Earth Solution Symposium
Promoting scientific research on the impact of microplastics on human health and biodiversity.
The Custodians of the Future act responsibly, each in their own surroundings, to preserve biodiversity and enable a future for the coming generations.
All Together Now is the motto that unites individuals, institutions and organisations in an essential task force to tackle the environmental challenges of our time. Through conscious design and holistic solutions, we address the root of the problem, working on multiple levels for a comprehensive and lasting impact.
