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Preparing for Interceptor Series Production
Partnership established with KonecranesImages (12)
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Contract for partnership between The Ocean Cleanup and Konecranes signed and celebrated digitally. -
Contract for partnership between The Ocean Cleanup and Konecranes signed and celebrated digitally. -
Preliminary visual representation of Interceptor - side view -
Preliminary visual representation of Interceptor - front view -
Preliminary visual representation of Interceptor - side view
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The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses
The First Ocean Plastic ProductImages (9)
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The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses with case and pouch - both made with recycled materials -
Introducing: The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses, 100% of proceeds fund the continuation of the cleanup -
Founder and CEO, Boyan Slat, in The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses -
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses, made with recycled plastic certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses: designed in California, made in Italy
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Full Circle: How We Turn Trash into Treasure
October 24, The Hague, the NetherlandsImages (15)
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Boyan Slat unveiling The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses: made from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 100% of the proceeds fo into the continuation of the cleanup. -
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses with recycled case and pouch -
Boyan with supporters joining remotely -
Boyan Slat showing testing samples of The Ocean Cleanup material -
Boyan Slat presenting The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses
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Interceptor 004™
Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicImages (11)
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Interceptor 004 in the Rio Ozama, Dominican Republic -
Interceptor 004 being deployed in the Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -
Interceptor 004 being deployed in the Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -
Interceptor 004 deployed in the Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 2020 -
Interceptor 004 deployed in the Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 2020
Ocean Mission One
System 001 and System 001/B (2018 - 2019)Images (14)
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System 001/B - Parachute configuration, summer 2019 -
System 001/B - Parachute configuration, summer 2019 -
System 001/B towed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -
System 001/B is lowered into the water after completed assembly in Vancouver, Canada -
System 001 deployed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, October 2018
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Plastic catch
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Plastic accumulation, System 001/B, October 2019 -
Crew sorting plastic into size and type classes onboard the support vessel during the System 001/B mission, 2019 -
Plastic caught by System 001/B in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2019 -
Crew sorting plastic into size and type classes onboard the support vessel during the System 001/B mission, 2019 -
Crew sorting plastic into size and type classes onboard the support vessel during the System 001/B mission, 2019
Video footage (4)
Boyan Slat
Founder and CEOImages (22)
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Boyan Slat unveiling the Interceptor, October 26th, 2019 -
Boyan Slat at the Interceptor in Klang river, Malaysia -
Boyan Slat, CEO and founder, during the live announcement on December 12th in Vancouver, Canada. He gave a recap of Ocean Mission One and explained the next steps for the plastic caught - to turn it into durable products that will help fund the continuation of the cleanup -
Boyan Slat on the Interceptor 002 in Klang River, Malaysia -
Boyan Slat with the Interceptor, October 2019
The Interceptor™ Unveil Event
October 26, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsImages (12)
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Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology. -
Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology. -
Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology. -
Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology. -
Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology.
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Plastic pollution
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Trail of plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -
Motagua River, Guatemala, plastic pollution -
Plastic pollution washed up on a beach in Dominican Republic -
Motagua River, Guatemala, plastic pollution -
A young monk seal on Laysan Island holds a plastic fragment in his mouth. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
Illustrations (5)
Video footage (1)
Plastic Research
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Manta trawl (starboard) and underwater trawl (stern - cable from blue A-frame) during deep sea research mission 2018. The aim of the mission was to see if the plastic afloat in ocean garbage patches can pollute the deep sea below. -
CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Density) profiler during deep sea research 2018. The aim of the mission was to see if the plastic afloat in ocean garbage patches can pollute the deep sea below. -
Counting and categorizing the sampled microplastic during the deep sea expedition 2018. The aim of the mission was to see if the plastic afloat in ocean garbage patches can pollute the deep sea below. -
River plastic research in Malaysia, conducted by The Ocean Cleanup crew and local research partners. -
River plastic research in Guatemala
Illustrations (8)
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Modeled mass concentration of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. -
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Numbers - Infographic -
Plastic mass distribution within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch between size (bars) and type (colours) classes. -
The journey of floating ocean plastic from rivers to garbage patches -
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The Next Phase Event
May 2017Images (10)
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The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 -
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP -
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP -
May 11, 2017 - Boyan Slat presents the plans on a free-floating system, to be trialed in 2018. Photo: Pierre Augier -
May 11, 2017 - Boyan Slat presents the plans on a free-floating system, to be trialed in 2018. Photo: Pierre Augier