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- Coca-Cola is cleaning up river plastic pollution worldwide Fri, 14 Jan 22, 5:30amCoca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup selected the Cần Thơ River in Cần Thơ City, Vietnam as one of 15 river locations around the world to tackle plastic pollution...
- The Ocean Cleanup reveals the Interceptor to remove plastic pollution from rivers Wed, 30 Oct 19, 3:30amAfter recently announcing its first success at collecting plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, The Ocean Cleanup team is widening efforts by addressing the main entry point of litter — rivers...
- The Ocean Cleanup is about to send a giant plastic collector to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Sat, 21 Apr 18, 5:08amThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing at an alarming rate — and it's already three times the size of France. Fortunately, help is on the way: new images show that The Ocean Cleanup is building an innovative plastic-scooping...
- The Ocean Cleanup finds 1.15 to 2.41 million metric tons of plastic enter oceans from rivers Thu, 8 Jun 17, 2:55amHow much plastic do rivers dump into the world's oceans? The Ocean Cleanup decided to find out. They conducted what they say is the "first-ever estimate of plastic emissions from rivers" and the results are shocking, as in,...
- First estimate of plastic entering oceans from rivers yields shocking results Wed, 7 Jun 17, 11:08pmHow much plastic do rivers dump into the world's oceans? The Ocean Cleanup decided to find out. They conducted what they say is the "first-ever estimate of plastic emissions from rivers" and the results are shocking, as in,...
- Redesigned Ocean Cleanup arrays to start scooping up Pacific garbage patch within a year Fri, 12 May 17, 5:51amThe Ocean Cleanup just made a huge announcement from Werkspoorkathedraal, an exhibition in the Netherlands. CEO Boyan Slat revealed exciting new design changes to The Ocean Cleanup Array, which will enable the system to...
- The Ocean Cleanup raises $21.7 million to begin ridding the Pacific Ocean of plastic Thu, 4 May 17, 1:40amLast fall The Ocean Cleanup found 1,000 large pieces of plastic in two hours in the Pacific Ocean during their first aerial reconnaissance mission. Today the Dutch foundation announced they've raised $21.7 million, and can...
- Ocean Cleanup launches historic first prototype thanks to Dutch backing Sat, 25 Jun 16, 5:57amCleaning up our oceans just got one step closer to reality as The Ocean Cleanup just launched the first prototype of a device that will capture floating plastic pollution...
- Help the Ocean Cleanup Array Save the World’s Oceans From Plastic Pollution – Donate Now! Wed, 3 Sep 14, 5:06amPlastic pollution is a global problem - the world's oceans are filled with millions of tons of plastic particles that choke sea life and release hazardous toxins as they decompose...
- INTERVIEW: Boyan Slat, Teenage Inventor of the Ocean Cleanup Array Tue, 8 Jul 14, 4:08amLast year, 19-year-old inventor Boyan Slat made waves by designing an "Ocean Cleanup Array" which he claimed could remove 72.5 million tons of plastic from the world's oceans. Although his idea received criticism from some...