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The Cisadane river, pollution
Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup And Coldplay Renew Partnership With Interceptor 020 In Jakarta, Indonesia

15 November 2023
The Ocean Cleanup System 03
Environment

Lasting Damage: Why Cleanup Is Essential To Tackle Microplastics

14 November 2023
Whales in the ocean spotted near System 03
Environment

How We Ensure An Environmentally Sound Cleanup

9 November 2023 Matthias Egger

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  1. October 19, 2023

    3,000,000 kg of trash that will not reach the Caribbean Sea

    As the end of the flooding season in Guatemala approaches, we continue to capture and extract trash with every rainstorm.
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  2. October 13, 2023

    Trash or treasure? Some of the strangest items recovered from the GPGP

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  3. October 07, 2023
    System 03 maiden voyage video

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    This Was the First Step of System 03

    System 03 has completed its first journey to the GPGP and is bringing home over 45 tons of plastic. See up close as our crew uses in-the-field modeling data to hunt plastic hotspots across the Pacific, while we test our new Marine Animal Safety Hatch to make sure we’re only catching plastic - not fish.
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  4. September 21, 2023
    Extraction 2 of System 03 on deck

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    System 03: Our Biggest Plastic Extraction to Date

    System 03 promised big things - now we're seeing just how big. View our latest extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch as we remove 18,360 kg (over 40,000 lbs) of plastic - our largest ever single extraction - and see the excitement among our crew as we learn what System 03 is capable of.
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The Cisadane river, pollution
Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup And Coldplay Renew Partnership With Interceptor 020 In Jakarta, Indonesia

The Ocean Cleanup and Coldplay are delighted to announce a renewal of our partnership as part of The Ocean Cleanup’s mission to rid the oceans of plastic.  

15 November 2023
The Ocean Cleanup System 03
Environment

Lasting Damage: Why Cleanup Is Essential To Tackle Microplastics

A new peer-reviewed publication highlights the widespread and lasting harm caused by plastic in the ocean, and the impact on marine ecosystems that could last for hundreds of years. We…

14 November 2023
Whales in the ocean spotted near System 03
Environment

How We Ensure An Environmentally Sound Cleanup

Since its foundation over ten years ago, The Ocean Cleanup has closely followed and contributed to the latest science in our efforts to rid the oceans of plastic in an…

9 November 2023 Matthias Egger
Team photo of crew on board with System 03
Team

Erik Oostwegel Joins The Ocean Cleanup Supervisory Board, Succeeding Frederik Gerner

The Ocean Cleanup has confirmed a change to its Supervisory Board as Erik Oostwegel joining the Supervisory Board as of September 20, 2023, with Frederik Gerner stepping down after eight…

18 October 2023
System 03 Deployment
General, Oceans

System 03: A Beginner’s Guide

This week, we deployed System 03 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time. Nearly three times larger than our previous technology and capable of cleaning the area…

31 August 2023
General, Oceans

What Jenny Taught Us: Lessons from System 002

On 21 August 2023, System 002 (or Jenny, as we call her) returned to port for the last time as we move to the larger and upgraded System 03. After…

25 August 2023
General

The Ocean Cleanup announces partnership with Hyundai Glovis

The new partnership between The Ocean Cleanup and global SCM specialist Hyundai Glovis was officially signed on 5 July 2023 in Seoul, South Korea.

6 July 2023
General, Rivers

Introducing the Interceptor Barricade: The Ocean Cleanup returns to Guatemala

After our first trials last year, we’ve returned to Guatemala with Interceptor 006 - the latest addition to our portfolio of Interceptor solutions, which we call the Interceptor Barricade -…

16 May 2023
Rivers

Interceptor 020: Cisadane Deployment Begins Expansion In Indonesia

Interceptor 020, The Ocean Cleanup’s second deployment in Indonesia, aims to stop up to 1000 tons of trash flowing down the Cisadane into the Java Sea every year.

12 May 2023
Camera skiff on top of the retention zone of System 002. The camera skiff helps us monitor the system from a distance.
Environment, Oceans

System 002 and Marine Life: Prevention and Mitigation

In this update we present data on our mitigation measures and our impact on the marine life over the first 12 trips of System 002, which took place between July…

5 April 2023 Matthias Egger
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