General • Updates • The Ocean Cleanup

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 -…

General

The Ocean Cleanup opens regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Ocean Cleanup, the international non-profit project with the mission of ridding the oceans of plastic, has announced the opening of its first regional office, in the Malaysian capital Kuala…

UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and The Ocean Cleanup founder & CEO Boyan Slat sign the Memorandum of Understanding at UN Headquarters in New York.

General, Global affairs, Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup and the United Nations: Partnering with UNDP

The Ocean Cleanup and the United Nations Development Programme have joined forces to eliminate plastic pollution around the globe.

General, Oceans

System 002 Signs Off for 2022 – Redeployment in Spring 2023

As we enter winter, it is time to bring our system back to port for scheduled evaluation and upgrades as part of the ongoing transition to the larger and more…

General, Oceans

First 100,000 KG Removed From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Today, our operation in the Pacific Ocean reached an exciting milestone: The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000 kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch…

Rendering of the Retention Zone of System 03

General, Oceans

Transition to System 03 Begins

We are preparing for the transition from System 002 to System 03, which will serve as the blueprint for scale-up to full fleet in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Interceptor 006 in Las Vacas river, Guatemala, after the flash flood. The Interceptor Trashfence suffered some damage and most of the plastic escaped during the flood.

General, Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup Trials New Interceptor in World’s Most Polluting River

The Ocean Cleanup has begun work on intercepting plastic pollution in what we predict to be the heaviest polluting river in the world.

General, Recycling

Sunglasses Out of Stock

We've reached our funding goal with our first ocean plastic product. All of the proceeds go towards our cleanup operations in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

General, Oceans

System 002: Mid-Term Evaluation

After finalizing our trials, we have proven technology for our ocean operations – and we can now focus on scaling up from System 002 toward a system that is three…

General, Rivers

Expanding the Interceptor Family

If we had approached each river with a dedicated technical solution, our scale-up would take way too much time. Therefore, we designed the Interceptor like a product; suitable for many…