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The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses: our first ever product made using plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
General, Recycling

Sunglasses Out of Stock

We've reached our funding goal with our first ocean plastic product. All of the proceeds go towards our cleanup operations in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

1 March 2022 Stella van den Berg
Collage GoPro Remote Sensing
Oceans, Research

Using AI to Monitor Plastic Density in the Ocean

Instead of mapping plastic pollution with trawls and airplanes, we have developed a more intelligent and effective way to detect and monitor plastic debris.

26 January 2022 Robin de Vries
General, Oceans

System 002: Mid-Term Evaluation

After finalizing our trials, we have proven technology for our ocean operations – and we can now focus on scaling up from System 002 toward a system that is three…

10 January 2022
General, Rivers

Expanding the Interceptor Family

If we had approached each river with a dedicated technical solution, our scale-up would take way too much time. Therefore, we designed the Interceptor like a product; suitable for many…

31 December 2021
General, Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup and Ocean Conservancy team up with MrBeast and Mark Rober in #TeamSeas fundraising campaign

Today, YouTubers Mark Rober and MrBeast announced their latest fundraising campaign, #TeamSeas to enact a movement of this proportion. #TeamSeas aims to motivate global social media creators and fans to…

29 October 2021
General, Oceans

Successful System 002 Trial Validates Our Technology and Launches Ongoing Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup Operations

At the end of July 2021, we revisited the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to trial System 002, our first large-scale ocean cleanup system. On October 20, having completed a…

20 October 2021
Discussion, Oceans

Why We Must Clean The Ocean Garbage Patches

In my last blog I explained why we focus on intercepting plastic in rivers; we think it is the fastest and most cost-effective way to stop the inflow of plastic…

16 September 2021 Boyan Slat
General, Oceans, Research

Where Does My Plastic End Up in the Ocean?

We developed a tool that visualizes the trajectory of plastic pollution by the click of a button - the Plastic Tracker, a web application that lets you see how and…

15 June 2021 Axel Peytavin
Environment, Research, Science

Neuston in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the Impact of Cleanup

Today, in Frontiers in Marine Science, The Ocean Cleanup published findings on the observed correlations between floating plastic and neuston in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The relative distribution…

3 June 2021 Matthias Egger
General, Rivers

Coca-Cola Becomes First Global Implementation Partner to Help Accelerate Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup and Coca-Cola are partnering to deploy Interceptors and expedite river projects. The partnership connects The Ocean Cleanup’s technology and data solutions with Coca-Cola’s scale and global network.…

2 June 2021
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