Updates

Oceans, Research

What is our strategy to tackle ghost gear?

The Ocean Cleanup's comprehensive strategy towards ridding the ocean of plastic includes using our research to advocate for stronger regulations to cut plastic pollution.

General

In memory of Martijn van der Vorm

In memory of Martijn van der Vorm

Oceans

Taking the next step in our ocean operations

Our ultimate mission has not changed: we intend to rid the world's oceans of plastic by 2040. And to be successful with that, we need both interception of inflow and…

Research

The Ocean Cleanup celebrates its 100th Scientific Publication

Laurent Lebreton, Head of Research, The Ocean Cleanup reflects upon the journey to reach this significant milestone, including a call from the US Secret Service.

Rivers

Funding Unlocked to Help Stop Third of All Plastic Flowing From Rivers

The Audacious Project, the funding initiative part of iconic TED, is supporting the 30 Cities Program to accelerate our scale up.

Global affairs

Asia’s Next Climate Deals Will Be Blue

How technology, data, and urban prevention infrastructure are turning ocean health into the next scalable climate investment theme in Asia

Team

Leadership roles aligned to scale-up

Leadership roles aligned to scale-up

Rivers

The Ocean Cleanup’s End-to-End River System

Our team has developed a comprehensive river cleanup model that can be adapted to fit every context and maximize impact.

Team

Maartje Bouvy Joins The Ocean Cleanup Supervisory Board 

The Ocean Cleanup welcomes Maartje Bouvy to the organization's Supervisory Board. Maartje's financial expertise as well as her interest in data and sustainability will help drive us forward towards our goals…

Rivers

How The Ocean Cleanup’s Smart River Survey is mapping solutions to river pollution

We need to ensure impactful deployments at scale. The Smart River Survey is critical to the scale up, and a framework to be replicable.