We caught our first plastic with System 001/B in 2019. The plastic was certified from the GPGP following a chain of custody protocol developed by DNV. The plastic was recycled into our first product, The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses, with proceeds funding the further cleanup, thereby turning the trash into treasure and taking the plastic full circle. The sunglasses sold out in February 2022. Going forwards, we will work with partners to develop products using The Ocean Cleanup Plastic. All content below should be credited to The Ocean Cleanup.
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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.
