The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental organization, has announced a bold plan to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034. This ambitious goal, however, hinges on securing significant funding.Continue Reading
In 2019, Clearbot, a company whose automatic robo-boats are doing the dirty, dirty job of cleaning the ocean trash that is happening with manned, diesel boats around the world as of now,Continue Reading
As competitive distance swimmer Ben Lecomte neared the border of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, he began to notice an unusual phenomenon: a lot of life. Many of Lecomte’s findingsContinue Reading
The Ocean Cleanup project, a nonprofit that’s attempting to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using specialized floating equipment, is planning to sell the plastic it’s collected in theContinue Reading
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, was recently awarded $1M USD by the Benioff Ocean Initiative to stop plasticContinue Reading
Elizabeth Warren just unveiled the Blue New Deal — a major package of environmental protections that focus on the ocean, offshore drilling, and coastal health. The plan is the firstContinue Reading
A Dutch nonprofit deployed a giant floating trap into the San Francisco Bay. The organization, called The Ocean Cleanup, says that the trap will scoop up plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. IfContinue Reading
