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Recycling, Rivers

Rethinking Waste: Towards smarter management solutions

1 September 2025
ocean plastic pollution, plastic pollution, great pacific garbage patch, GPGP, ocean cleanup, clean oceans
Oceans, Research

Advancing ocean cleanup through innovation and research

7 August 2025
Plastic pollution, river plastic pollution, ocean plastic, ocean plastic pollution, river trash
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The Ocean Cleanup launches 30 cities program to cut ocean plastic pollution from rivers by one third by 2030

12 June 2025

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  1. July 02, 2025
    Panama city, Plastic pollution, river plastic pollution, Interceptor 022

    This is the first of seven Interceptors planned for the Siete Cuencas project, a collaborative effort between The Ocean Cleanup and Marea Verde

    The full asset of operational deployments is estimated to prevent over 800,000 kilos of waste from reaching the Panama Bay each year. A clean ecosystem will benefit local communities and tourism, as well as the local fauna, including over 2 million migratory birds.
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  2. June 12, 2025

    The Ocean Cleanup just announced the next big step in scaling Interceptor deployments worldwide: a 30-city program to cut ocean plastic pollution from rivers by up to one-third by 2030.

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  3. July 02, 2025

    Our latest deployment in Jamaica - Interceptor 016 - is already catching trash.

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  4. May 27, 2025
    Donate a boat, gpgp. Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Ocean plastic pollution

    Science has proved us right: we must clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here's why in less than a minute.

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waste management, ocean waste management, ocean plastic, ocean plastic pollution, gpgp, the ocean cleanup, ocean cleanup, clean oceans, river pollution, river waste management, river waste, river plastic pollution
Recycling, Rivers

Rethinking Waste: Towards smarter management solutions

Plastic pollution in our oceans reflects a broader global waste problem. Cleanup is vital, but lasting impact requires stopping new plastic from entering the ocean and supporting communities in managing…

1 September 2025
INC5.2, UNEP, UNOC, plastic treaty, plastic pollution, river plastic, river pollution, ocean plastic pollution
Global affairs

Plastic talks falter but tide to save oceans on rise

Despite urgent calls, delegates left INC5.2 in Geneva without a plastic treaty to halt the flow of plastic into our environment.

19 August 2025
ocean plastic pollution, plastic pollution, great pacific garbage patch, GPGP, ocean cleanup, clean oceans
Oceans, Research

Advancing ocean cleanup through innovation and research

At The Ocean Cleanup, we’re continually working to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), one of the most plastic-polluted areas of…

7 August 2025
Delegates gather in the Assembly Hall for the opening plenary of the final Plastic Treaty negotiations.
Discussion, Global affairs

All eyes on plastic: Why monitoring will make or break the Global Plastic Treaty

To truly end plastic pollution, the Global Plastic Treaty must go beyond aspirations: a robust global monitoring system is critical.

5 August 2025 Monty Simus
Plastic pollution, river plastic pollution, ocean plastic, ocean plastic pollution, river trash
Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup launches 30 cities program to cut ocean plastic pollution from rivers by one third by 2030

The Ocean Cleanup, the international non-profit with the mission to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, today announced, at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), its plan to rapidly expand its…

12 June 2025
river pollution
Team

A new approach to Southeast Asian operations

The Ocean Cleanup continues to expand its mission to the rid the world’s oceans of plastic with a change in its strategic approach to Southeast Asian operations.

20 May 2025
River plastic, plastic pollution, river trash, interceptor
Partnerships, Rivers

Improved Cisadane Interceptor to become fully operational

Following an extreme weather-related incident, The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor™ 020 is set to go back into operation to help tackle the estimated 3000 tons of trash flowing from the Cisadane…

16 May 2025
Global affairs, Oceans

Building momentum for our oceans at the third UN Ocean Conference

The Ocean Cleanup will be participating at the Third UN Ocean Conference, a critical event to ensure that ocean sustainability is not relegated to the back burner of international agendas.…

16 May 2025
Partnerships, Rivers

Panama: implementing a city-wide approach to plastic pollution prevention

The Ocean Cleanup has taken another important step in its mission to rid the world’s oceans of plastic with the announcement of a partnership project in Central America to stop…

10 March 2025
Discussion, Team

2024: A record-breaking year for The Ocean Cleanup

In 2024, The Ocean Cleanup made significant progress toward ridding the world’s oceans of plastic. From scaling up our work in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to expanding river…

19 December 2024
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