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Full Circle: How We Turn Trash into Treasure
October 24, The Hague, the Netherlands

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Images (15)

  • 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
  • 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.

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