Rivers • Updates • The Ocean Cleanup

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…

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The Ocean Cleanup and Ocean Conservancy team up with MrBeast and Mark Rober in #TeamSeas fundraising campaign

Today, YouTubers Mark Rober and MrBeast announced their latest fundraising campaign, #TeamSeas to enact a movement of this proportion. #TeamSeas aims to motivate global social media creators and fans to…

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Coca-Cola Becomes First Global Implementation Partner to Help Accelerate Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup and Coca-Cola are partnering to deploy Interceptors and expedite river projects. The partnership connects The Ocean Cleanup’s technology and data solutions with Coca-Cola’s scale and global network.…

Engineering, Rivers

Interceptor 004: The First in the Carribbean

In February 2020, Interceptor 004, after its debut at the unveiling of our river program weeks earlier, was shipped from Rotterdam to the Dominican Republic. Its planned deployment was paused…

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The Numbers Behind Our Catch

At The Ocean Cleanup, one of the key communication principles we live by is transparency: sharing every step of our journey, whether good news or bad. Our work affects everyone,…

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Why Rivers are the Key to Rapidly Stopping Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing issues our oceans face today. Close to 700 marine species are now known to be harmed by plastic, of which more than…

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In Search of the Rivers that Carry Plastic into the Ocean

Our study - published today in Science Advances – estimates that 1000 rivers account for nearly 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean, made up of a high…

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Coldplay Joins The Ocean Cleanup’s Mission to Rid the World’s Oceans of Plastic

Coldplay is well renowned for their music as well as their philanthropic endeavors, so we are excited that they have chosen to take part in our mission to rid the…

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Thailand Interceptor Project kicks Off with Signing of MOU

Today, in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR), part of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, The Ocean Cleanup signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

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Interceptor Series Production to Start

To rapidly address the urgent problem of plastic pollution, we must deploy Interceptors on a large scale, but we cannot do this by ourselves. Today, we announced that we are…