The Ocean Cleanup

It's been 1 year since the launch of our first Interceptor in Panama with the Siete Cuencas Project - Interceptor 022 in the Río Abajo. This year, we also scaled up in two other locations: the Río...

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This is Interceptor 016 located in the Balmagie Gully, which stopped all this trash from reaching Kingston Harbour and the Caribbean Sea.

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Together with our local partner @mareaverdepanama, we just deployed Interceptor 025 in the Rio Matías Hernández to stop even more trash from reaching Panama Bay. This is the third of seven planne...

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After the success of Interceptor 007 in LA's Ballona Creek, we will deploy two more Interceptors in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Together, these three Interceptors will address the 410...

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Interceptor 007 in Los Angeles’ Ballona Creek is getting some backup. By 2028, we aim to have two more Interceptors deployed in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Together, these three Inter...

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Footage from last week in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala

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We don't just remove trash from rivers and oceans worldwide; we study it too. There are many bite marks on plastic we caught from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... We are currently analyzing thi...

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Rivers are the main arteries carrying waste from land to sea. And when plastic reaches the ocean... it also reaches marine life. Our research showed that 76% of loggerhead turtles in the Indian O...

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Our goal is to remove waste from the environment and ensure it never re-enters it. Terrapolyester, an organization based in Honduras, is turning plastic from our Interceptor 021 in El Quetzalito ...

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These are eel traps, and we found thousands of them floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Eel traps are funnel-shaped fishing devices that capture eels and, due to their shape, prevent esca...

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A vast majority of plastic flowing into the ocean can be stopped by deploying Interceptors in the world’s most polluting rivers.   But there's another source that we must tackle: fishing gear. &n

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Indonesia is home to our first river Interceptor, Interceptor 001 in Jakarta’s Cengkareng Drain, as well as Interceptor 020 in the nearby Cisadane River. The lessons we learned from these deployme...

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Indonesia is a key focus of our 30 Cities Program, with deployments planned for Jakarta, Denpasar (Bali), and Tasikmalaya (West Java). However, these will not be our first in-country deployments. I...

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Interceptor deployments are scheduled for the Philippines. 🇵🇭 As part of our 30 Cities Program, we will deploy our first Interceptor in the Meycauayan River in the coming months to prevent trash .

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This year, your monthly donation has ~2.5× the impact. With more Interceptors in the water and more efficient operations, we’re able to collect more trash for every dollar. Our impact grows ➡️ ...

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