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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.

Granulate created from the catch from System 001/B.
Granulate created from the catch from System 001/B
The Ocean Cleanup material ready to be processed into the end product - The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses
The Ocean Cleanup material made with plastic recycled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Base material creation, July 2020
The Valorization team (The Ocean Cleanup) prototyping the product with Safilo, our sunglasses production partner for the first plastic catch
Protoypes for The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses with recycled case and pouch
On October 24th, 2020, we unveiled the first product to a digital audience. Supporters unboxed their sunglasses live.
Boyan Slat standing with plastic caught during the System 001/B campaign
Boyan Slat presenting The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses, October 24th 2020
The Ocean Cleanup® Sunglasses with case and pouch, made with recycled materials
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses in their recycled pouch and case
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses, made with recycled plastic certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Manufacturing (2020)
1m30 110,71MB
Recycling the plastic (2020)
0m37 182,13MB
Sorting the plastic (2020)
1m05 317,89 MB
First plastic sealed and offloaded (2019)
0m43 85.1MB

Full Circle: How We Turn Trash into Treasure (2020)
5m53 8MB
Full Circle, Explained, animated by in60seconds (2020)
1m48 155,22MB
The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses Studio Shots (2020)
0m24 48,60 MB