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System 03: A Beginner’s Guide

This week, we deployed System 03 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time. Nearly three times larger than our previous technology and capable of cleaning the area…

General, Oceans

What Jenny Taught Us: Lessons from System 002

On 21 August 2023, System 002 (or Jenny, as we call her) returned to port for the last time as we move to the larger and upgraded System 03. After…

General

The Ocean Cleanup announces partnership with Hyundai Glovis

The new partnership between The Ocean Cleanup and global SCM specialist Hyundai Glovis was officially signed on 5 July 2023 in Seoul, South Korea.

General, Rivers

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 -…

Rivers

Interceptor 020: Cisadane Deployment Begins Expansion In Indonesia

Interceptor 020, The Ocean Cleanup’s second deployment in Indonesia, aims to stop up to 1000 tons of trash flowing down the Cisadane into the Java Sea every year.

Camera skiff on top of the retention zone of System 002. The camera skiff helps us monitor the system from a distance.

Environment, Oceans

System 002 and Marine Life: Prevention and Mitigation

In this update we present data on our mitigation measures and our impact on the marine life over the first 12 trips of System 002, which took place between July…

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…

Panorama, aerial view Bangkok river curved with sunset background

Research, Rivers

A Tale of 3 Rivers: Intercontinental River Research Collaboration

The Ocean Cleanup has partnered with leading universities across three continents to study plastic pollution in three urban rivers over three years in the Dominican Republic, South Africa and Thailand.

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…