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30 Cities Program
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Nice, France –June 12, 2025 – The Ocean Cleanup today announced, at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), its plan to rapidly expand its work to intercept and remove up to a third of ocean-bound plastic pollution.

The 30 Cities Program will scale the organization’s proven Interceptor™ solutions across 30 key cities in Asia and the Americas.

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  • Ballona Creek, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Interceptor 007, Los Angeles, Ballona Creek
  • Ballona Creek, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    30 Cities Program banner
  • Panama, Siete Cuencas, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    View from Panama Bay
  • Klang River, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Pinang Barrier (Part of 005) in the Klang river, Kuala Lumpur. Next to the sorting waste facility built with our local partners.
  • Mumbai, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Heavily polluted Mumbai waterway in a residential area.
  • Panama, Siete Cuencas, Rio Abajo, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Interceptor 022, Panama City, Rio Abajo
  • Bangkok, Chao Praya, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Interceptor 019, Bangkok , Chao Phraya River
  • Cisadane, Jakarta, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Interceptor 020, Jakarta, Cisadane river
  • Manila, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Waterway running through the city of Manila
  • Smart River Survey, 30 Cities Program, river pollution, interceptor, the ocean cleanup
    Screenshot of the Smart River Survey, the in-depth research tool developed by The Ocean Cleanup to map plastic pollution city wide

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