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Assembly of The Ocean Cleanup's plastic-scooping system in Alameda, California

The Ocean Cleanup is about to send a giant plastic collector to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing at an alarming rate — and it's already three times the size of France....

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The Ocean Cleanup launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid

The Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept...

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Redesigned Ocean Cleanup arrays to start scooping up Pacific garbage patch within a year

The Ocean Cleanup just made a huge announcement from Werkspoorkathedraal, an exhibition in the Netherlands. CEO...

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The Ocean Cleanup raises $21.7 million to begin ridding the Pacific Ocean of plastic

Last fall The Ocean Cleanup found 1,000 large pieces of plastic in two hours in the Pacific Ocean during their...

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8 teenage inventions that could save the world

Sometimes the brightest ideas come in young packages. Teenagers from around the world demonstrate you don't need...

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World's first ocean trash recon mission is complete - and the results are way worse than we thought

The Ocean Cleanup just completed its first aerial reconnaissance scan of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to assess...

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Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup takes to the air to count plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjaZ2g-21E The concept behind the Ocean Cleanup Array is so simple that many...

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Ocean Cleanup launches historic first prototype thanks to Dutch backing

Cleaning up our oceans just got one step closer to reality as The Ocean Cleanup just launched the first prototype...

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Plastic-scooping Ocean Cleanup project wins prestigious Katerva Award

Katerva announced the winners of their Katerva Award, known as the "Nobel Prize for Sustainability," and this year's...

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Ocean Cleanup Array to be tested in the North Sea next year

The inaugural test of the Ocean Cleanup Array is finally nigh. A trash-collecting dam that allows the ocean’s...

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Boyan Slat's Great Pacific Garbage Patch expedition shows the plastic problem is "even bigger than we thought"

Last month Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup project sent a fleet of scientists and volunteers to measure and map the...

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5 life-changing projects take home top honors in 2015 INDEX: Design Awards

SKY URBAN VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM - WORK CATEGORY DESIGNED BY: JACK NG COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SINGAPORE How it's...

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World's first Ocean Cleanup Array will start removing plastic from the seas in 2016

While still in his teens, Dutch inventor Boyan Slat conceived of an Ocean Cleanup Array that he believed could...

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Inhabitat's Top 7 Most Inspiring Stories of 2014

Every year you come across those stories that warm your heart and lift your spirits. Whether it involves a tough...

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INTERVIEW: Boyan Slat, Teenage Inventor of the Ocean Cleanup Array

In 2013, 19-year-old inventor Boyan Slat made waves by designing an "Ocean Cleanup Array" which he claimed could...

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