Updates

Environment, Global affairs

Failure to agree on landmark treaty

No agreement was reached in Busan to end plastic pollution, leading to continued ocean pollution. Urgent policies and partnerships are needed to address this crisis.

Environment, Global affairs

The Global Plastic Treaty can clean up the past and protect the future

Global leaders meet in South Korea to tackle plastic pollution with a new treaty. The Ocean Cleanup emphasizes the need to address legacy plastics to protect our environment and health.

Environment, Rivers

Kingston, Jamaica: our blueprint for a pragmatic approach to tackling plastic pollution and creating environmental and social impact

Together with partners, we have been able to create a novel solution that combines technology, data insights, and stakeholder involvement in order to successfully address plastic pollution and create environmental…

Environment, Research

New research reveals no elevated densities of neuston within plastic hotspots inside the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Latest peer-reviewed publication reveals no elevated densities of neuston in areas targeted by The Ocean Cleanup’s clean up operations.

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…

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…

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…

Environment, Oceans

System 001 Offshore Campaign is Carbon Compensated through Partnership with South Pole

The main reason we’re developing ocean cleanup technology is to stop the destruction to hundreds of species worldwide caused by plastic pollution. Therefore, our number one design driver is to…

Environment, Research

Mission One Environmental Monitoring Results Available

The Ocean Cleanup is developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. The passive drifting system, also known as System 001 or “Wilson”, was deployed in the Great…