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The Ocean Cleanup Streams Extraction #100 Live From The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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The Ocean Cleanup has completed its 100th extraction of plastic trash from the Pacific Ocean – and for the first time ever, the entire operation was streamed worldwide, live and in full.

Supporters, donors and partners from around the world joined us online for Extraction #100 Live – the first ever livestreamed cleaning operation from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (or GPGP). You can watch a highlights video below:

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Livestream Highlights: 100th Plastic Extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

As System 03 was extracting plastic from the GPGP, our crew in the Netherlands coordinated the livestream while thousands of people from around the world tuned in to see the whole operation from start to finish.

Crew members from The Ocean Cleanup joined the program, including Founder and CEO Boyan Slat. Boyan gave insight into the operations in real-time and answered questions from the live audience on issues including our technology, our plans for our plastic catch, and the measures we take to protect the marine environment.

Our livestream was hosted by Glen Kissack (Operations Manager Oceans) and Jessica Ahlborn (Communications Officer of The Ocean Cleanup)
Among our special guests, we had: Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of The Ocean Cleanup
Joël Jansen, Oceans Director at The Ocean Cleanup
Joël Jansen, Oceans Director
Nisha Bakker, Partnerships Director at The Ocean Cleanup
Nisha Bakker, Partnerships Director
Stella van den Berg, Catch Management Director at The Ocean Cleanup
Stella van den Berg, Catch Management Director
Viktorija Gaizutyte, Head of Social Media at The Ocean Cleanup
Viktorija Gaizutyte, Head of Social Media
Maira Proietti, Senior Environmental Manager at The Ocean Cleanup
Maira Proietti, Senior Environmental Manager

The three-hour broadcast featured deep-dive discussions on how our ocean system works, how partners and funders like Kia and Maersk are essential in helping us conduct our operations and manage our plastic catch, and details on our new fundraising platform – allowing everyone to support the largest cleanup in history.

You can review Extraction #100 Live in full here.

Kia and The Ocean Cleanup cooperate to explore innovative ways to co-create solutions that will support a more sustainable future

Beginning with System 002’s first catch in 2021 and through the transition to System 03 in 2023, The Ocean Cleanup has now completed 100 extractions from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – the largest accumulation of floating plastic on Earth.

While this unique achievement is an impressive milestone, there is still a long way to go to clean up the GPGP fully. We are now working on scaling and testing the technologies needed to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch effectively. 

Follow @theoceancleanup and theoceancleanup.com to see the latest updates and videos of our GPGP extractions and support our mission to rid the oceans of plastic.