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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
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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
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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.

21 December 2020
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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…

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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Turning Trash into Treasure: The Ocean Cleanup Sunglasses

Today, we launched the first product made with plastic certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses. We also presented how we can go full circle in…

24 October 2020
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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…

23 September 2020
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