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Discussion, General, Rivers

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…

6 May 2021 Boyan Slat
General, Research, Rivers

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…

30 April 2021 Lourens Meijer
Oceans, Research

Towards Spaceborne Detection of Ocean Plastic

In 2017, we announced our research partnership to investigate Remote Sensing of Marine Litter (RESMALI project) with the European Space Agency (ESA), ARGANS Ltd., and other spatial sector organizations. Remote…

9 April 2021 Robin de Vries
General, Rivers

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…

25 March 2021
Oceans, Research

Forecasting Ocean Plastic Around the Globe: A Deep Dive into Modeling the Garbage Patches

Before reading this article, you could think that discussing the creation of a global ocean plastic forecast, without even looking at any results, is already pretty shocking. Global models are…

12 February 2021 Axel Peytavin
General, Rivers

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…

3 February 2021
Team

Announcement: Management Team Changes

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

21 December 2020
Research, Team

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…

16 December 2020
General, Rivers

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…

10 December 2020
Recycling

How Plastic Can Be Used Responsibly

This is our first attempt at producing a product and we plan to improve with each line; but what we’ve been able to accomplish with these sunglasses I hope will…

6 November 2020 Boyan Slat
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