System 001/B in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2019)
Plastic caught inside System 001/B, fall 2019. This was the first time we caught and retained plastic in the open ocean.
Removing plasic from cleanup system
Offshore crew retrieving a ghost net
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
