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A new approach to Southeast Asian operations

The Ocean Cleanup continues to expand its mission to the rid the world’s oceans of plastic with a change in its strategic approach to Southeast Asian operations.

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2024: A record-breaking year for The Ocean Cleanup

In 2024, The Ocean Cleanup made significant progress toward ridding the world’s oceans of plastic. From scaling up our work in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to expanding river…

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Erik Oostwegel Joins The Ocean Cleanup Supervisory Board, Succeeding Frederik Gerner

The Ocean Cleanup has confirmed a change to its Supervisory Board as Erik Oostwegel joining the Supervisory Board as of September 20, 2023, with Frederik Gerner stepping down after eight…

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The Ocean Cleanup Announces Stacey Santoso as New CFO

The Ocean Cleanup is pleased to welcome Stacey Santoso to our team as our new Chief Financial Officer.

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The Ocean Cleanup Announces New Managing Director; Jacob Fonteijne to Succeed Chris Worp

The Ocean Cleanup announces Jacob Fonteijne will be joining as Managing Director, thereby succeeding Chris Worp. As previously reported in December 2020, this succession was prompted by Chris Worp’s move…

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Announcement: Management Team Changes

At the start of 2021, The Ocean Cleanup will make changes to its management structure and cast.

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Become a Citizen Scientist and Help Tackle Plastic Pollution

Starting today, you can join forces with us and help us gain greater insights into the plastic pollution problem in our oceans and rivers by using The Ocean Cleanup plastic…

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Announcement: Changes in Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board has 2 new members: Jaska de Bakker and Bert Bruggeman. We also thank Evert Greup for his five years of valuable service to our mission as he…

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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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Lonneke Holierhoek joins The Ocean Cleanup as COO

The Ocean Cleanup is pleased to announce Lonneke Holierhoek has joined the organization as Chief Operations Officer, taking on the challenge of managing the development of The Ocean Cleanup’s technology…