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The Ocean Cleanup Successfully Catches Plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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The Quest to Find the Missing Plastic

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October 09

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October 02

The Ocean Cleanup press briefing, October 2nd, 10 am CEST

Today, we announced that System 001/B is successfully capturing and collecting plastic debris. Rewatch our press briefing on YouTube.

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September 13

Solving the Mystery of the Missing Plastic

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May 24

CEO and Founder, Boyan Slat, details the design modifications for System 001/B. These upgrades entail two options to speed up the system or slow it down.

Additionally, by taking a modular approach to the design, we can iterate at a much swifter speed and adjust the technology as we learn more. All with the aim of reaching proof of technology and commencing cleanup of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch as soon as possible.

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Engineering, General

The Ocean Cleanup Successfully Catches Plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Today, we announced that System 001/B is successfully capturing and collecting plastic debris. After one year of testing, we have succeeded in developing a self-contained system in the Great Pacific…

General, Oceanography, Research, Science

The Quest to Find the Missing Plastic

For the last five years, researchers at The Ocean Cleanup have been working to understand the scope of ocean plastic pollution in order to help the organization effectively design technology…

Team

The Ocean Cleanup Names Chris Worp Managing Director – Joins Management Team

Following the swift growth of the organization and the expanded scope of responsibilities, we have decided to strengthen the Management Team. As from today, Chris Worp, who has been with…

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Into the Twilight Zone

We have completed our test campaign with System 001/B . A consistent speed through the plastic has been achieved using the parachute anchor configuration, therefore, solving our main technical challenge…

General

European Commission Appoints Boyan Slat as Board Member of Horizon Europe’s Healthy Ocean Mission

Boyan Slat, CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, has been appointed as one of the board members of the ocean mission in the European Commission’s Horizon Europe program. The mission of…

General

System 001/B – The Mission Plan

In our last update, we shared the modifications to our system design and how we plan to test them in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch this summer. Now, only one month…

Research

Mission One Environmental Monitoring Results Available

The Ocean Cleanup is developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. The passive drifting system, also known as System 001 or “Wilson”, was deployed in the Great…

Engineering

System Design Upgrades Completed, to be Relaunched in June

After the root cause analysis was finalized, the engineering team began working on solutions that we can start trialing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in June. The upgraded design,…

Research

Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A scientific note we published on April 09, 2019 reports the records of whales within the world’s largest accumulation of floating ocean plastic: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Over the…

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System 001 Learnings – Root Causes Summarized

In September, we launched our first system, with the aim of achieving proof of technology and commencing cleanup. Twenty years after the discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this…

The Ocean Cleanup Successfully Catches Plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Quest to Find the Missing Plastic

The Ocean Cleanup and the Neuston

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The Ocean Cleanup Successfully Catches Plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Quest to Find the Missing Plastic

The Ocean Cleanup Names Chris Worp Managing Director – Joins Management Team

Into the Twilight Zone

European Commission Appoints Boyan Slat as Board Member of Horizon Europe’s Healthy Ocean Mission

System 001/B – The Mission Plan

Mission One Environmental Monitoring Results Available

System Design Upgrades Completed, to be Relaunched in June

Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific Garbage Patch

System 001 Learnings – Root Causes Summarized