The Ocean Cleanup has removed over 45 million kilograms of plastic from oceans and rivers, but millions of tons still enter ...

he Ocean Cleanup claims a record haul of plastic waste as its innovative technologies and strategies continue to make significant progress.

For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor has designed the world’s first ocean plastic cleanup system but admits he won’t be ...

AI-powered detection systems from Amazon Web Services will help The Ocean Cleanup pinpoint plastic hotspots and steer vessels to the most effective collection zones. Courtesy The Ocean Cleanup The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This moniker is used ...

In October 2019, The Ocean Cleanup project made headlines around the world when its prototype vessel started collecting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This launch followed a year of ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

The Ocean Cleanup device has been redesigned—and is almost ready to try again After its first voyage resulted in disappointment, Boyan Slat's team has made some major fixes. Now they're ready to try ...

Now the plan is to recycle that plastic into products you can buy to help fund the effort. The Ocean Cleanup project is now cleaning plastic out of rivers to stop it from getting to the ocean A lot of ...