Updates

Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup And Coldplay Renew Partnership With Interceptor 020 In Jakarta, Indonesia

The Ocean Cleanup and Coldplay are delighted to announce a renewal of our partnership as part of The Ocean Cleanup’s mission to rid the oceans of plastic.  

Environment

Lasting Damage: Why Cleanup Is Essential To Tackle Microplastics

A new peer-reviewed publication highlights the widespread and lasting harm caused by plastic in the ocean, and the impact on marine ecosystems that could last for hundreds of years. We…

Environment

How We Ensure An Environmentally Sound Cleanup

Since its foundation over ten years ago, The Ocean Cleanup has closely followed and contributed to the latest science in our efforts to rid the oceans of plastic in an…

Team

Erik Oostwegel Joins The Ocean Cleanup Supervisory Board, Succeeding Frederik Gerner

The Ocean Cleanup has confirmed a change to its Supervisory Board as Erik Oostwegel joining the Supervisory Board as of September 20, 2023, with Frederik Gerner stepping down after eight…

General, Oceans

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.

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…