A flexible new tool called the Ocean Equity Index could help. It’s a scorecard that anyone can use to assess the extent to ...

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Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its ...

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 ...

In an effort to combat global marine pollution, the Dubai Investment Fund (DIF), a leading global investment firm, is actively investing in projects focused on cleaning the oceans of plastic waste.

Nokia has unveiled plans to deploy private wireless connectivity, network Edge equipment, and analytics for The Ocean Cleanup project. The vendor announced the plans last week as part of efforts to ...

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a small group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup efforts.

Close to 2 million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans every year from beaches and waterways, according to The Ocean Cleanup Project. Much of that plastic is single-use beverage bottles, cups, ...

“Modeling predicts we need around 10 full-size systems to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. “After fleets of systems are deployed into every ocean gyre, combined with source reduction, The ...