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What is our strategy to tackle ghost gear?

4 May 2026
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The Ocean Cleanup celebrates its 100th Scientific Publication

10 April 2026 Laurent Lebreton
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Funding Unlocked to Help Stop Third of All Plastic Flowing From Rivers

9 March 2026

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  1. May 08, 2026

    Each year, commercial fishing gear is lost at sea due to operations, bad weather, handling accidents, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

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    Our journey tackling plastic pollution in Jakarta (Unfiltered)

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  3. April 28, 2026

    Interceptor deployments are scheduled for the Philippines.

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  4. April 14, 2026

    At The Ocean Cleanup, science has always been central to understanding the scale, sources, and behavior of ocean plastic pollution. This week, we have released our 100th peer-reviewed scientific publication.

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Oceans, Research

What is our strategy to tackle ghost gear?

The Ocean Cleanup's comprehensive strategy towards ridding the ocean of plastic includes using our research to advocate for stronger regulations to cut plastic pollution.

4 May 2026
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In memory of Martijn van der Vorm

In memory of Martijn van der Vorm

1 May 2026
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Taking the next step in our ocean operations

Our ultimate mission has not changed: we intend to rid the world's oceans of plastic by 2040. And to be successful with that, we need both interception of inflow and…

22 April 2026 Henk van Dalen
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The Ocean Cleanup celebrates its 100th Scientific Publication

Laurent Lebreton, Head of Research, The Ocean Cleanup reflects upon the journey to reach this significant milestone, including a call from the US Secret Service.

10 April 2026 Laurent Lebreton
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Funding Unlocked to Help Stop Third of All Plastic Flowing From Rivers

The Audacious Project, the funding initiative part of iconic TED, is supporting the 30 Cities Program to accelerate our scale up.

9 March 2026
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Asia’s Next Climate Deals Will Be Blue

How technology, data, and urban prevention infrastructure are turning ocean health into the next scalable climate investment theme in Asia

26 February 2026 Monty Simus
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Leadership roles aligned to scale-up

Leadership roles aligned to scale-up

17 February 2026
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The Ocean Cleanup’s End-to-End River System

Our team has developed a comprehensive river cleanup model that can be adapted to fit every context and maximize impact.

17 February 2026
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Maartje Bouvy Joins The Ocean Cleanup Supervisory Board 

The Ocean Cleanup welcomes Maartje Bouvy to the organization's Supervisory Board. Maartje's financial expertise as well as her interest in data and sustainability will help drive us forward towards our goals…

17 February 2026
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How The Ocean Cleanup’s Smart River Survey is mapping solutions to river pollution

We need to ensure impactful deployments at scale. The Smart River Survey is critical to the scale up, and a framework to be replicable.

6 February 2026 Renata Correia
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