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📍 Panama One of Interceptor 024's latest catches:

📍 Panama One of Interceptor 024's latest catches:

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Update from Mumbai 🇮🇳 Interceptors 026 & 027 are now deployed and operational in the Malad and Trombay waterways. (1/3)

Update from Mumbai 🇮🇳 Interceptors 026 & 027 are now deployed and operational in the Malad and Trombay waterways. (1/3)

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Productive summer for our Interceptors in Jamaica:

Productive summer for our Interceptors in Jamaica:

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These items should not be found in the middle of the ocean. Help us clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch today.

These items should not be found in the middle of the ocean. Help us clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch today.

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First catch of the year for Interceptor 006 in Rio las Vacas, Guatemala 🇬🇹

First catch of the year for Interceptor 006 in Rio las Vacas, Guatemala 🇬🇹

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Good news: all this trash didn’t make it to Panama Bay 🇵🇦

Good news: all this trash didn’t make it to Panama Bay 🇵🇦

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Update from Jamaica: all barriers are now back in operation following Hurricane Melissa.

Update from Jamaica: all barriers are now back in operation following Hurricane Melissa.

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A step closer to making System 03 a reality: Airbnb and Samara co-founder Joe Gebbia has donated $25m to The Ocean Cleanup, helping us continue and expand operations across oceans, rivers, recycling, and scientific research – and to support the launch of System 03 later this year.

A step closer to making System 03 a reality: Airbnb and Samara co-founder Joe Gebbia has donated $25m to The Ocean Cleanup, helping us continue and expand operations across oceans, rivers, recycling, and scientific research – and to support the launch of System 03 later this year.

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Our work continues in Jamaica, where our nine Interceptors located in Kingston stop trash from flowing into the Caribbean Sea.

Our work continues in Jamaica, where our nine Interceptors located in Kingston stop trash from flowing into the Caribbean Sea.

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The rainy season has started in Guatemala, and so have the trash floods. Interceptor 006 was there to catch tons of plastic and other waste that would have otherwise ended up in the Caribbean Sea. 📍 Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala 🇬🇹

The rainy season has started in Guatemala, and so have the trash floods. Interceptor 006 was there to catch tons of plastic and other waste that would have otherwise ended up in the Caribbean Sea. 📍 Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala 🇬🇹

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Another catch by Interceptor 007 in LA County, USA, and more rain is coming, likely to carry even more trash down with it.

Another catch by Interceptor 007 in LA County, USA, and more rain is coming, likely to carry even more trash down with it.

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This is how Interceptors 006 and 021 are working side by side in Guatemala to intercept plastic before it reaches the Gulf of Honduras.🇬🇹

This is how Interceptors 006 and 021 are working side by side in Guatemala to intercept plastic before it reaches the Gulf of Honduras.🇬🇹

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2024 was 🤯

2024 was 🤯

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We find a lot of plastic bottles among our river catch... but then there's also this

We find a lot of plastic bottles among our river catch... but then there's also this

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Behind the scenes- currently installing a new Interceptor in Jamaica 🇯🇲

Behind the scenes- currently installing a new Interceptor in Jamaica 🇯🇲

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What's the progress on our ocean operations? We just completed the first drone tests to help us locate plastic hotspots in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

What's the progress on our ocean operations? We just completed the first drone tests to help us locate plastic hotspots in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

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Trash tsunamis in Guatemala: 🍌 for scale.

Trash tsunamis in Guatemala: 🍌 for scale.

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It can be hard to visualize how big Interceptor 015 is, so here's a bagel for scale. *we tried to get a banana but couldn’t find one following tropical storm Rafael.

It can be hard to visualize how big Interceptor 015 is, so here's a bagel for scale. *we tried to get a banana but couldn’t find one following tropical storm Rafael.

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Switch the sound on if you dare.

Switch the sound on if you dare.

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This is what the Great Pacific Garbage Patch actually looks like:

This is what the Great Pacific Garbage Patch actually looks like:

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UPDATE: we are expanding our operations to Santa Marta, Colombia. 🇨🇴 We just signed an MoU with the City of Santa Marta to deploy Interceptor solutions to capture plastic waste in the Río Manzanares and Río Gaira before it reaches the Caribbean Sea.

UPDATE: we are expanding our operations to Santa Marta, Colombia. 🇨🇴 We just signed an MoU with the City of Santa Marta to deploy Interceptor solutions to capture plastic waste in the Río Manzanares and Río Gaira before it reaches the Caribbean Sea.

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Interceptor upgrades in the Dominican Republic coming soon 🇩🇴 Interceptor 004 will be replaced with a split, 400-meter barrier in early 2027, increasing catch capacity to include invasive water hyacinth.

Interceptor upgrades in the Dominican Republic coming soon 🇩🇴 Interceptor 004 will be replaced with a split, 400-meter barrier in early 2027, increasing catch capacity to include invasive water hyacinth.

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Another crate catch from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Another crate catch from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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One year ago, we showed you our vision for System 03. Now, with the first trip successfully completed, see how it looks in reality:

One year ago, we showed you our vision for System 03. Now, with the first trip successfully completed, see how it looks in reality:

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Latest extraction: over 16,000 kg (35,000 lbs) of plastic out of the ocean to be recycled into durable, sustainable products so it never re-enters the marine environment again.

Latest extraction: over 16,000 kg (35,000 lbs) of plastic out of the ocean to be recycled into durable, sustainable products so it never re-enters the marine environment again.

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Interceptor 013's first catch of the year in Kingston, Jamaica.🇯🇲 Fact: 8 fridges were among this catch.

Interceptor 013's first catch of the year in Kingston, Jamaica.🇯🇲 Fact: 8 fridges were among this catch.

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While some were watching the solar eclipse, Interceptor 011 was catching trash on August 12th, 2026: P.S. This is just one of nine Interceptors we've deployed in Kingston, Jamaica.🇯🇲

While some were watching the solar eclipse, Interceptor 011 was catching trash on August 12th, 2026: P.S. This is just one of nine Interceptors we've deployed in Kingston, Jamaica.🇯🇲

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What about the organics in our catch?

What about the organics in our catch?

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.Coldplay continues to support The Ocean Cleanup’s mission to rid the oceans of plastic by adopting their second Interceptor, Interceptor 020, aka Neon Moon II, to be deployed in Cisadane River in Jakarta. 🇮🇩

.Coldplay continues to support The Ocean Cleanup’s mission to rid the oceans of plastic by adopting their second Interceptor, Interceptor 020, aka Neon Moon II, to be deployed in Cisadane River in Jakarta. 🇮🇩

The Ocean Cleanup

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Another flood in Guatemala and another 140 tons of trash (37 truckloads!) intercepted and extracted from the Rio Las Vacas - all prevented from reaching the Caribbean Sea.

Another flood in Guatemala and another 140 tons of trash (37 truckloads!) intercepted and extracted from the Rio Las Vacas - all prevented from reaching the Caribbean Sea.

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What it will concretely take to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

What it will concretely take to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

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This was our 105th plastic extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

This was our 105th plastic extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

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UPDATE: tomorrow we schedule the initial deployment of System 002/C, which is more than double the size of the previous version, System 002/B.

UPDATE: tomorrow we schedule the initial deployment of System 002/C, which is more than double the size of the previous version, System 002/B.

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BREAKING: We just made our largest ever plastic catch. Interceptor 006 in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, stopped 272 truckloads of trash - equal to 1.4 million kg (3.1 million lbs) - from flowing into the Caribbean Sea. All in a single evening.

BREAKING: We just made our largest ever plastic catch. Interceptor 006 in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, stopped 272 truckloads of trash - equal to 1.4 million kg (3.1 million lbs) - from flowing into the Caribbean Sea. All in a single evening.

The Ocean Cleanup

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NEWS FROM PANAMA 🇵🇦 Together with local partner Marea Verde, we just deployed Interceptor 025 in the Rio Matías Hernández.

NEWS FROM PANAMA 🇵🇦 Together with local partner Marea Verde, we just deployed Interceptor 025 in the Rio Matías Hernández.

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Meanwhile in Guatemala 🇬🇹: nearly 1.1m kg / over 2.4m lbs / 234 truckloads of trash have been extracted in the last three weeks:

Meanwhile in Guatemala 🇬🇹: nearly 1.1m kg / over 2.4m lbs / 234 truckloads of trash have been extracted in the last three weeks:

The Ocean Cleanup

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BREAKING: 200,000 kg of plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. System 002/B has made its first extraction of 2023 - 6260 kg of plastic out of the GPGP, bringing us to an exciting milestone - together, we have cleaned up over 200,000 kg of plastic from the GPGP.

BREAKING: 200,000 kg of plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. System 002/B has made its first extraction of 2023 - 6260 kg of plastic out of the GPGP, bringing us to an exciting milestone - together, we have cleaned up over 200,000 kg of plastic from the GPGP.

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Plastic extraction #110 from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - removing another 12,678 kg (27,954 lbs) of plastic from the ocean for good. Our total plastic catch from the GPGP is now over 500,000 kg (1.1 million lbs).

Plastic extraction #110 from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - removing another 12,678 kg (27,954 lbs) of plastic from the ocean for good. Our total plastic catch from the GPGP is now over 500,000 kg (1.1 million lbs).

The Ocean Cleanup

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LATEST FROM JAMAICA 🇯🇲

LATEST FROM JAMAICA 🇯🇲

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