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System 002 deployed for testing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
System 002 deployed for testing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plastic catch being sorted on board the support vessels during the System 002 mission
Retention zone filled with plastic during the System 002 campaign
Plastic catch being sorted on board the support vessels during the System 002 mission

Fedde Poppenk, Structural Engineer at The Ocean Cleanup, inspecting System 002 from dingy with underwater cameras.
Plastic catch being sorted on board the support vessels during the System 002 mission
Offshore crew investigating the retention zone of System 002
System 002 deployed for testing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Crew member onboard the support vessel showing a bottle caught by System 002
Plastic bottle caught by System 002, with clear degradation signs.
Crew onboard the support vessel during the System 002 trip 1
Crew member onboard the support vessel monitoring System 002 with the help of drone footage.
Crew inspecting System 002 from the vessel.

The test plan of System 002, first trip.
Rendering of System 002, retention zone in the back.
Rendering of System 002
Rendering of the retention zone of System 002
Rendering of System 002 from above

Drone Footage of System 002 - Front
0m38 75 MB
Drone Footage of System 002 - Around
0m25 48 MB
System 002 in Sunset
0m32 63 MB
Retention Zone of System 002
0m09 19 MB

Boyan Slat, Founder & CEO, standing in front of The Ocean Cleanup's 1000 rivers pollution map
Lourens Meijer, Head of Data & Monitoring, and lead author of the 1000 rivers paper
The Ocean Cleanup's 1000 rivers map, available at theoceancleanup.com/1000rivers/
Aerial view of the Las Vacas River in Guatemala
Volunteers counting and categorizing passing river pollution in Malaysia

The Las Vacas River in Guatemala
Plastic waste leaking into a Malaysian river
Plastic pollution in the Las Vacas River, Guatemala
The Ozama River in the Dominican Republic. Areas with many rivers, high population density, and that are in close proximity to the ocean are at a greater risk of emitting large amounts of plastic pollution into the ocean.
Trash on the banks of the Rio Ozama, Dominican Republic
Michelle Tishler, Head of Environmental and Social Affairs, examining the Las Vacas River in Guatemala
River plastic pollution sampling in Malaysia
River plastic pollution sampling in Malaysia
River plastic pollution sampling in Guatemala
Boyan Slat, Founder & CEO, on Interceptor 002 in Klang, Malaysia
Boyan Slat, Founder & CEO, on Interceptor 002 in Klang, Malaysia
Interceptor 004 in the Ozama River in the Dominican Republic
A discarded face mask floating in the Ozama Rver, Dominican Republic
Plastic pollution pervading the Ozama River, Dominican Republic
Plastic pollution on a beach in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Mass accumulation of plastic pollution in the Las Vacas River, Guatemala
Aerial view as plastic pollution builds up in the Las Vacas River, Guatemala

The ratio between plastic production and plastic leaking into the ocean
From land-based mismanaged plastic waste to riverine plastic emissions
Accumulative distribution of riverine plastic emission into the ocean.
The 1000 rivers model framework
The top 1000 rivers emit 20 million garbage bins of 240L per year. That's on average 20,000 bins per river.

Accumulative distribution of riverine plastic emissions into the ocean.
Plastic emissions per continent
Riverine plastic emissions into the oceans per river class
Plastic emissions per country
Plastic emissions - India
Plastic emissions - Guatemala
Plastic emissions - Venezuela
Plastic emissions - Dominican Republic
Plastic emissions - Malaysia
Plastic emissions - Indonesia
Plastic emissions - Philippines
Plastic emissions - China

1000 rivers explained
2m26 214,35 MB
River plastic pollution
1m16 153,78 MB
Boyan Slat sharing some thoughts on the paper
0m41 81,60 MB
Lourens Meijer sharing key take-aways from the research
0m48 94,07

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

Polarized, category 3 lenses on The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses for optimal quality and eye protection
Founder and CEO, Boyan Slat, in The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses in their recycled pouch and recycled case
Case made from the recycled HDPE floater of System 001, aka Wilson

Full Circle, Explained, animated by in60seconds
1m48 155,22MB
The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses Studio Shots
0m24 48,60 MB
The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses Outside Shots
0m52 101,72MB

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
On October 24th, 2020, we unveiled the first product to a digital audience. Supporters unboxed their sunglasses live.
Boyan Slat showing testing samples of The Ocean Cleanup material
Boyan Slat presenting The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses

Boyan Slat presenting the first product made of certified ocean plastic from the Great Pacific Garabge Patch, with seal from DNV GL
Boyan Slat opening the sunglasses with supporters who registered for the product when it was launched last year (without knowing what it would be).
Boyan Slat presenting The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses
The Ocean Cleanup material made with plastic recycled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plastic colelcted with System 001/B in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Boyan Slat standing with plastic caught during the System 001/B campaign
Boyan Slat with the crew who joined remotely due to COVID-19 health and safety measures
Boyan Slat with a section of System 001, aka Wilson, which has now been recycled into the case for the sunglasses
Boyan Slat with the trash recovered from the ocean and the sunglasses made with trash recovered from the ocean
Behind the scenes at the digial preparation for Full Circle: How we Turn Trash into Treasure.

Full Circle: How We Turn Trash into Treasure
5m53 8MB

Plastic debris stored in bags before transport
Plastic catch sealed off in containers
Boyan Slat standing with first plastic catch onshore at end of Mission One press briefing.
Plastic auditing between transports
Ghost nets being processed for recycling

Granulate created from the catch from System 001/B. The plastic will be recycled into a new durable product. The product will be launched in fall 2020, and the sale of it will help fund the ocean cleanup mission of next year.
Granulate created from the catch from System 001/B
The Ocean Cleanup material ready to be processed
Base material creation, July 2020
The Valorization team prototyping the product with Safilo
The Valorization team prototyping the product with Safilo
The Valorization team prototyping the product with Safilo
Protoypes for The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses
Protoypes for The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses

Manufacturing
1m30 110,71MB
Recycling the plastic
0m37 182,13MB
Sorting the plastic
1m05 317,89 MB
First plastic sealed and offloaded
0m43 85.1MB

Interceptor 004 installed in the Rio Ozama, Dominican Republic, summer 2020
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

The navy of the Dominican Republic, deploying Interceptor 004 in the Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo
Interceptor 004 deployed in the Rio Ozama, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 2020
Interceptor 004 before deployment in the Dominican Republic
Interceptor 004 arrived in Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Interceptor 004 arrived in Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo

System 001/B - Parachute configuration, summer 2019
System 001/B - Parachute configuration, summer 2019
System 001/B towed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2019)
Big bags filled with plastic caught in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by System 001/B. The Ocean Cleanup will now begin the journey to transform the plastic into products that will help fund the continuation of the cleanup.
Crew inspecting plastic in System 001/B.

Plastic catch extracted from System 001/B, 2019
Container with big bags of plastic on the vessel in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, during System 001/B mission 2019
System 001/B is lowered into the water after completed assembly in Vancouver, Canada (2019)
System 001 deployed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, October 2018
System 001 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, November 2018
System 001 in operation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, November 2018.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Deploying System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Deploying System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Deploying System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Deploying System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
Screen assembly at System 001, April 2018
System 001 almost ready for deployment at assembly yard in Alameda September 2018
Last screen sections being assembled onto System 001 at Alameda assembly yard, August 2018

Boyan Slat explains the plans for the plastic catch (2019)
12m16 1,4GB
System 001/B Press Briefing (2019)
41m53 2.0 GB
System 001/B footage (2019)
56sec 276.8 MB
System 001/B plastic accumulation (2019)
1m01 871.1 MB

Plastic extraction from System 001/B (2019)
1m05 973.2 MB
Aerial Footage of System 001 in operations (2018)
47sec 685,3 MB
System 001 Launch - Live Highlights (2018)
32min02 3.6 GB

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

Boyan Slat unveiling the Interceptor, October 26th, 2019
Boyan Slat at the Interceptor location in Klang river, Malaysia
Boyan Slat with the Interceptor, October 2019
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Launched System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from San Francisco - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
Boyan Slat at the Interceptor in Klang river, Malaysia
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Launched System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from San Francisco - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
Boyan Slat on top of System 001, September 2018, before its launch into the North Pacific.
Boyan Slat - The Next Phase - May 11th
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, September 8, 2018 – The Ocean Cleanup Launched System 001 into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from San Francisco - Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
Boyan Slat with the Interceptor, October 2019
Boyan Slat being interviewed by media on the Alameda System 001 assembly yard, April 2018
Boyan Slat at the Interceptor location in Klang river, Malaysia
Boyan Slat at the Interceptor location in Klang river, Malaysia
Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system on the assembly yard, April 2018.
Boyan Slat speaking at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
Boyan Slat in a fireside chat with Hege Marie Norheim at the ONS conference in Norway, August 31, 2016. Photo by Morten Berentsen.
May 11, 2017 - Boyan Slat presents the plans on a free-floating system, to be trialed in 2018. Photo: Pierre Augier

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.

Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology.
$\Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology. Boyan Slat, CEO and founder on stage.$
Rotterdam, October 26, 2019 - The Ocean Cleanup unveils the Interceptor, the first scalable river cleanup technology. Boyan Slat, CEO and founder on stage.
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.

Boyan Slat introduces the Interceptor - Highlights
6m48 4.93 GB

Boyan Slat on the Interceptor 002 in Klang River, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Conveyor belt in Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia

Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Interceptor™ 002 in Klang river, Selangor, Malaysia
Conveyor belt with debris in Klang River, Malaysia, 2019

Interceptor™ 002 in operation in Malaysia
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Interceptor™ 002 in Malaysia installed
1m15 1,64 GB
Interceptor™ 002 in Lift and Installation
1m07 1,47 GB

Interceptor 001™ in Cengkareng drain, Jakarta, Indonesia
Interceptor 001™ in Cengkareng drain, Jakarta, Indonesia
Interceptor 001™ conveyor belt
Interceptor 001™ in Cengkareng drain, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Ocean Cleanup crew with local operator in Jakarta, Indonesia

Interceptor™ 001 in Cengkareng drain, Jakarta, Indonesia
0m39 875 MB

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

A bird surrounded by ocean plastic on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. **Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin**
Plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plastic debris washed up from a river in Indonesia.
Plastic bottles floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Crate dating back to the 1977 from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught durign the Mega Expedition (2015).
Hard hat (1989) from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015)
Nintendo Gameboy piece (1995) from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015)
River plastic in Guatemala
River plastic in Guatemala
River pollution in Malaysia
Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
Several million tons of plastic waste enter our oceans yearly. Rivers are widely believed to be the arteries that carry waste from land to the ocean. Plastic waste entering a river in Myanmar.
The crew retrieves a large ghostnet from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, November 2018.
Ghostnet hauled aboard during Mega Expedition 2015

1.6 million square kilometers, three times the size of France - Illustration (gif)
1.8 trillion pieces of plastic - Illustration (gif)
How plastic pollution travels up the food chain
The 5 ocean gyres, where currents converge forming a vortex for plastic to circulate in.

River Pollution Footage
1m33 2,2 GB

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

River plastic research in Malaysia, conducted by The Ocean Cleanup crew and local research partners
River plastic research in Malaysia, conducted by The Ocean Cleanup crew and local research partners.
The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
Laurent Lebreton, Lead Oceanographer at The Ocean Cleanup, carrying out desk research
Counting of microplastics in The Ocean Cleanup's lab
Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California, Aerial Expedition 2016
The Ocean Cleanup team and Aerial Expedition crew
Aerial Expedition 2016: Sensor equipment; a CZMIL system which uses LiDAR to create a 3D-image of the ghost nets (left), and a SASI hyperspectral SWIR imaging system, which uses an infrared camera to detect ocean plastic (right).
Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr fully deployed above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
Mega Expedition research vessel deploying manta trawl.
Manta trawl deployed during Mega Expedition.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), as mapped by The Ocean Cleanup in 2015-2016.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Numbers - Infographic
Composition of the inner GPGP. Currently, about 5-10% of its mass is microplastics.
The journey of floating ocean plastic from rivers to garbage patches
Future scenarios for macroplastics in the GPGP. The dark band shows what would happen without any change. Addressing the source (left) causes the amount of ocean pollution to stay constant. Combining source reduction with cleanup (right) causes the amount of ocean pollution to decline.

Projection of floating plastic mass in ocean surface layer
Age distribution of floating plastic objects found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Modeled age distribution of plastic

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Animation by in60seonds
2min41 235,3 MB
Boyan Slat, Founder & CEO Explaining our research of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2018)
7min28 6,1 GB
Laurent Lebreton, Lead Oceanographer - About the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Research Results (2018)
2min32 2 GB
River Waste Image Recognition Algorithm
0m10 4m05

Various footage of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch research - Mega Expedition, Aerial Expedition, Laboratory
5min59 4,9 GB
Aerial Expedition Press Conference at Mofett Airfield
12min42 1,8 GB

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

UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. 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

Pacific Cleanup set to start in 2018 - Boyan Slat - Full version
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Pacific Cleanup set to start in 2018 - Boyan Slat - 5min highlights
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