Updates

Oceans, Research, Rivers

Predicting the Future of Plastic Pollution and Why Cleanup is Part of the Solution

Plastic pollution continues to have a global impact on our ecosystems, health, and economies. Because of the scale of the issue, there is still much to learn about the impacts of plastic pollution. Therefore, research is crucial when developing solutions. To that end, we must…

Environment, Oceans

System 001 Offshore Campaign is Carbon Compensated through Partnership with South Pole

The main reason we’re developing ocean cleanup technology is to stop the destruction to hundreds of species worldwide caused by plastic pollution. Therefore, our number one design driver is to…

Oceans, Recycling

Introducing the Ocean Plastic Standard

By adopting the newly established standard from DNV, the material in The Ocean Cleanup products can be verified as material removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. With this chain…

Oceans, Research

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Slowly Breaks Down Into Microplastics to Pollute the Deep Sea

In our mission to rid the world’s oceans of plastic we rely on a thorough understanding of the ocean plastic pollution problem. To this end, our researchers have found that…

Engineering, Oceans

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…

Engineering, Oceans

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…

Oceans

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…

Engineering, Oceans

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,…

Environment, Oceans, 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…

Engineering, Oceans

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…