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Interceptor 020 – Cisadane River
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The Ocean Cleanup & Marea Verde, Panama Bay
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Jamaica, Kingston Harbour
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Kia x The Ocean Cleanup
Kia launches car accessory made with plastic from The Ocean Cleanup's ocean plasticImages (11)
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Kia EV3 trunk liner made using ocean plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by The Ocean Cleanup -
Kia EV3 trunk liner made using ocean plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by The Ocean Cleanup -
Kia EV3 trunk liner made using ocean plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by The Ocean Cleanup -
Kia EV3 trunk liner made using ocean plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by The Ocean Cleanup -
Ocean plastic being sorted
Interceptor 021 in Guatemala
Rio Motagua Basin, El Quetzalito, GuatemalaImages (8)
Coldplay x The Ocean Cleanup
Coldplay makes limited edition LP with The Ocean Cleanup's river plasticImages (12)
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Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, holding a sample LP -
Sample LP tested at Sonopress (Eco LP producer) of Coldplay's new limited edition album made with recycled river plastic. The Ocean Cleanup has provided PET caught by Interceptor 006 in Guatemala. -
Sample LP at Sonopress (Eco LP producer) of Coldplay's new limited edition album made with recycled river plastic. The Ocean Cleanup has provided PET caught by Interceptor 006 in Guatemala. -
The Ocean Cleanup crew visiting Sonopress (Eco LP producer) to follow the production process of Coldplay's latest limited edition LP -
Boyan Slat (Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup) with Coldplay. Credits: Anna Lee Media
Interceptor Barricade in Guatemala
Las Vacas River, Interceptor 006Images (10)
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Trash accumulated against the Interceptor Barricade in Guatemala during the first flood of 2024 -
Interceptor Barricade catching a trash flood in the Rio Las Vacas in April 2024, Guatemala -
Excavators removing the trash captured by Interceptor 006 in Guatemala (April 2024) -
Excavators removing trash from the Interceptor Barricade in Guatemala, Rio Las Vacas (July 2023) -
Excavators removing trash from the Interceptor Barricade in Guatemala, Rio Las Vacas (July 2023)
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Interceptors in Operation
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Interceptor 019 in Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand (February 2024) -
Interceptor 019 in Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand (February 2024) -
Interceptor 019 in Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. -
Deployment of Interceptor 019 in Bangkok, Thailand -
Interceptor Barrier (011) in Tivoli Gully, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica
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System 002
Last trip completed on August 21, 2023Images (21)
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Catch being sorted and stored on deck after the last trip of System 002. Next trip will be start of System 03. -
Catch being sorted and stored on deck after the last trip of System 002. Next trip will be start of System 03. -
System 002 deployed for testing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -
System 002 deployed for testing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -
System 002 extraction zone hauled on deck for emptying
Proof of Technology Announcement (2021) (10)
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October 20, 2021: Boyan Slat sharing a few words during the Proof of Technology announcement for System 002, The Ocean Cleanup's ocean system. -
October 20, 2021: Boyan Slat during the Proof of Technology announcement for System 002, The Ocean Cleanup's ocean system. -
October 20: Some of the plastic caught during the System 002 test campaign (July - October) on board one of the Maersk support vessels. -
October 20: Boyan Slat watching the offshore crew return to shore with System 002 and the plastic harvested. A marine parade was held in celebration of the successful test campaign of System 002. -
October 20: Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder sharing a few words about the test campaign of System 002, how we got here and what the next steps are. System 002 has lead us to proof of technology, and after this short celebration, it will go back out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to capture more plastic.
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Recycling the ocean plastic
From trash to treasure (2019-2020)Images (19)
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Plastic catch sealed off in containers. This is some of our first plastic catch, caught by System 001/B in 2019. The plastic in the end product - the sunglasses - is certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, following a chain of custody protocol by DNV. -
Boyan Slat presenting the sunglasses to an online audience in 2020 -
Boyan Slat standing with first plastic catch onshore at end of the System 001/B testing. The press conference was in Vancouver, Canada, in December 2019. -
DNV Auditor inspecting the pre-sorting of our first plastic catch in February, 2020. The plastic in the end product - the sunglasses - was certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, following a chain of custody protocol by DNV. -
Ghost nets being processed for recycling into granulate.
Video footage (7)
Boyan Slat
Founder and CEOImages (24)
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Boyan Slat, Founder and CEO, on a beach in Honduras. Rio Motagua basin has its estuary close to this beach. The Rio Las Vacas in Guatemala, in which The Ocean Cleanup is trialing an Interceptor Trashfence, is leading into Rio Motagua. The plastic pollution on the beach is estimated to come from this source. -
Boyan Slat standing by a pile of trash in Guatemala. The Ocean Cleanup has cleanup activities in Guetamala to stop the infamous trash tsunamis leaking out into the Caribbean Sea. -
Boyan Slat in Guetamala. The Ocean Cleanup has an Interceptor in Guetamala to stop the tsunami of trash that comes down the Rio Las Vacas and Rio Motagua. Here, they are inspecting the river Rio Motagua from above. -
Boyan Slat unveiling the Interceptor, October 26th, 2019
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 plastic floating 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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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.
