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Three Coca-Cola bottle labels lined in a row

Coca-Cola is cleaning up river plastic pollution worldwide

Coca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup selected the Cбє§n ThЖЎ River in Cбє§n ThЖЎ City, Vietnam as one of 15 river locations...

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The Ocean Cleanup reveals the Interceptor to remove plastic pollution from rivers

After recently announcing its first success at collecting plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, The...

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 finds 1.15 to 2.41 million metric tons of plastic enter oceans from rivers

How much plastic do rivers dump into the world's oceans? The Ocean Cleanup decided to find out. They conducted...

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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...

Ocean Cleanup launches historic first prototype thanks to Dutch backing

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...

Plastic-scooping Ocean Cleanup project wins prestigious Katerva Award

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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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...

Help the Ocean Cleanup Array Save the World’s Oceans From Plastic Pollution – Donate Now!

Help the Ocean Cleanup Array Save the World's Oceans From Plastic Pollution - Donate Now!

Plastic pollution is a global problem - the world's oceans are filled with millions of tons of plastic particles...