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Pacific cleanup set to start in 2018

On May 11th during The Next Phase event, we finally unveiled what we have been covertly working on for the past two years; an improvement to our design that will…

10 May 2017
General

The Ocean Cleanup Raises 21.7 Million USD in Donations to Start Pacific Cleanup Trials

We are thrilled to announce that The Ocean Cleanup has just raised 21.7 million USD in donations. This new contribution allows us to start ocean trials of our pilot system…

3 May 2017
General

The Next Phase to be announced on May 11th

Early last year, our team made a discovery that opened the door for a significant improvement of our technology. Since then, we've covertly been working on this development. On Thursday…

31 March 2017
Research

Understanding the rising speed of plastic

The Ocean Cleanup Research Team continues to analyze data from our expeditions, including our Mega Expedition which provided us with the largest sample of ocean plastic ever collected (1.1 million particles weighing…

9 February 2017 Francesco Ferrari
Engineering, Testing

The Testing Continues

Sticking to its planning, The Ocean Cleanup team is working hard on its long-term goal to initiate the full-scale cleanup of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2020. To ensure…

10 January 2017 Benedicte Dommergues
Oceanography, Research

Ocean Plastic Mostly Near Surface, Study Shows

It is a commonly held belief that plastic pollution is spread from the ocean surface to seabed. Our newest study, published today in Nature Scientific Reports, shows that at least…

10 October 2016
Oceanography, Research

The Ocean Cleanup Aerial expedition: mission update

The Aerial Expedition is about to begin! In a few days, we will start conducting visual surveys, supplemented with state-of-art sensors to quantify the biggest and most harmful type of marine…

21 September 2016
Engineering, Testing

An update from the North Sea

During a recent inspection of the North Sea prototype, we noticed something unusual: the two outermost air chambers seemed to be bent out of shape - they did not follow…

31 August 2016 Boyan Slat
Research

Announcing the Aerial Expedition

We are proud to announce The Ocean Cleanup’s next major research mission: the Aerial Expedition. In September and October 2016, we will conduct a series of low-speed, low-altitude flights across…

19 August 2016 Julia Reisser
Engineering, Testing

The Ocean Cleanup Unveils First Prototype

First sea trial of ocean cleanup system to be deployed this week

22 June 2016
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