Milestones

By systematically eliminating technical risks through rapid iterations, we aim to reach full-scale deployment in both rivers and oceans. Our ultimate goal is to clean up 90% of the world’s floating ocean plastic by 2040.

The future
  • Scale-up in Rivers
  • Beyond System 03
    Scale-up in oceans
The present
  • 2023
    System 03

    System 03

    Nearly three times larger than our previous technology and capable of cleaning the area of a football field every five seconds, the arrival of System 03 marks a huge leap forward in our mission of ridding the oceans of plastic.

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The past
  • 2021-2023
    System 002 Proven Technology
  • 2020
    Recycled The First Plastic Catch
  • June – November 2019
    System 001/B – Catching the First Plastic
  • 2018
    System 001 – First Ocean Cleanup System
  • Mid-2018-Today
    Interceptor™ 2.0
  • October 2017-Today
    Interceptor 001 – The First River Technology
  • 2016
    Aerial Expedition
  • 2016
    First North Sea Prototype
  • 2016 - Today
    River research projects
  • 2015-2016
    Developing the Interceptor™ Concept
  • 2015
    Scale model testing
  • 2015
    Mega expedition
  • 2013-2015
    Vertical distribution research
  • 2014
    Crowd Funding Campaign
  • 2014
    Feasibility Study
  • 2013
    How It All Began – Founding The Ocean Cleanup