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Interceptor Barrier in Guatemala

Images (4)

  • Sorting plastic
  • Foto by fotograaf

System 001 Launch

September 2018

Images (12)

  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Benjamin Von Wong
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Benjamin Von Wong
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Benjamin Von Wong
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Benjamin Von Wong
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
  • Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier
    Launching System 001 - September 8. Credits: The Ocean Cleanup / Pierre Augier

Illustrations (5)

  • System 001 illustration
    System 001 illustration
  • System 001 infographic - How it works
    System 001 infographic - How it works
  • System 001 Pacific Trials Checklist [status as of Sept. 21]
    System 001 Pacific Trials Checklist [status as of Sept. 21]
  • The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Mission Plan. (Infographic)
    The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Mission Plan. (Infographic)
  • System 001 Launch Trajectory
    System 001 Launch Trajectory

Video footage (4)

  • The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Launch - Aerial Footage
    1min00 1 GB
  • The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Launch - Live Highlights
    32min02 3.6 GB
  • The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Launch - Timelapses
    49sec 96,3 MB
  • System 001 - How it works. Animation by in60seconds
    2min33 195,5 MB

Documents (1)

  • Info pack
    System 001 Info Pack 2018
    PDF 4,4 MB

System 001 Assembly

FEBRUARY-AUGUST 2018

Images (17)

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  • System 001 launched into the Seaplane Lagoon, August 2018
    System 001 launched into the Seaplane Lagoon, August 2018
  • System 001 launched into the Seaplane Lagoon, August 2018
    System 001 launched into the Seaplane Lagoon, August 2018
  • Stabilizer frames assembled onto System 001, in Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda, August 2018
    Stabilizer frames assembled onto System 001, in Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda, August 2018
  • Stabilizer frames assembled onto System 001, in Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda, August 2018
    Stabilizer frames assembled onto System 001, in Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda, August 2018
  • Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
    Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
  • Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
    Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
  • Last screen sections being assembled onto System 001 at Alameda assembly yard, August 2018
    Last screen sections being assembled onto System 001 at Alameda assembly yard, August 2018
  • Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
    Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
  • Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
    Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
  • Tow test unit being deployed in the Seaplane Lagoon, May 2018
    Tow test unit being deployed in the Seaplane Lagoon, May 2018
  • Boyan Slat being interviewed by media on the Alameda assembly yard, April 2018
    Boyan Slat being interviewed by media on the Alameda assembly yard, April 2018
  • Boyan Slat at the assembly yard in Alameda, April 2018
    Boyan Slat at the assembly yard in Alameda, April 2018
  • Screen assembly at System 001, April 2018
    Screen assembly at System 001, April 2018
  • First floater sections being welded together at the Alameda assembly yard, April 2018
    First floater sections being welded together at the Alameda assembly yard, April 2018
  • First floater sections arriving at the assembly yard in Alameda, March 2018
    First floater sections arriving at the assembly yard in Alameda, March 2018
  • Sign at the entrance of the Alameda assembly yard
    Sign at the entrance of the Alameda assembly yard
  • Alameda assembly yard location, 2018
    Alameda assembly yard location, 2018

Video footage (4)

  • The Ocean Cleanup System 001 assembly nearing completion, Alameda CA, USA
    2min11 2,9 GB
  • Aerial Footage of Assembly in progress, Alameda CA, USA
    0min34 487,9 MB
  • Tow Test Aerial Footage, 120-meter section
    1min17 1,1 GB
  • Starting Assembly of System 001, Alameda CA, USA
    1min42 1,4 GB

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

RESEARCH RESULTS

Images (16)

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  • Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr fully deployed above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
    Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr fully deployed above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
  • Sunset aboard one of the 30 Mega Expedition vessels, 2015.
    Sunset aboard one of the 30 Mega Expedition vessels, 2015.
  • Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr crew pulling a ghost net from the Pacific Ocean, 2015.
    Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr crew pulling a ghost net from the Pacific Ocean, 2015.
  • Discarded fishing gear floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
    Discarded fishing gear floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
  • A floating debris too large to enter a Manta Trawl, the conventional surface sampling device method, 2015. Credits: Chloé Dubois
    A floating debris too large to enter a Manta Trawl, the conventional surface sampling device method, 2015. Credits: Chloé Dubois
  • Ghost net lifted aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr, 2015.
    Ghost net lifted aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr, 2015.
  • Large debris stored on the deck of the Mega Expedition mothership, 2015.
    Large debris stored on the deck of the Mega Expedition mothership, 2015.
  • A plastic crate floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
    A plastic crate floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
  • A styrofoam buoy retrieved during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
    A styrofoam buoy retrieved during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
    Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.

Illustrations (10)

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  • Modeled mass concentration of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
    Modeled mass concentration of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • Plastic mass distribution within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch between size (bars) and type (colours) classes.
    Plastic mass distribution within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch between size (bars) and type (colours) classes.
  • Measured mass and numerical concentrations of plastic in the Great pacific Garbage Patch.
    Measured mass and numerical concentrations of plastic in the Great pacific Garbage Patch.
  • Field monitoring effort. Vessel (grey and dark blue lines) and aircraft tracks (light blue lines) and locations where data on buoyant ocean plastic concentrations were collected (circles)
    Field monitoring effort. Vessel (grey and dark blue lines) and aircraft tracks (light blue lines) and locations where data on buoyant ocean plastic concentrations were collected (circles)
  • Decadal evolution of microplastic concentration in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Decadal evolution of microplastic concentration in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Illustration
    Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Illustration
  • Plastic debris degradation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Illustration
    Plastic debris degradation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Illustration
  • 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic - Illustration (gif)
    1.8 trillion pieces of plastic - Illustration (gif)
  • 1.6 million square kilometers, three times the size of France - Illustration (gif)
    1.6 million square kilometers, three times the size of France - Illustration (gif)
  • The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Numbers - Infographic
    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Numbers - Infographic

Video footage (4)

  • Boyan Slat, Founder & CEO - The story behind the new results on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    7min28 6,1 GB
  • The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Animation by in60seonds
    2min41 235,3 MB
  • Laurent Lebreton, Lead Oceanographer - About this research
    2min32 2 GB
  • Various footage of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch research - Mega Expedition, Aerial Expedition, Laboratory
    5min59 4,9 GB

Boyan Slat

Founder and CEO

Images (12)

  • Boyan Slat - The Next Phase - May 11th
    Boyan Slat - The Next Phase - May 11th
  • Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system on the assembly yard, April 2018.
    Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system on the assembly yard, April 2018.
  • Boyan Slat speaking at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
    Boyan Slat speaking at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
  • Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
    Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
  • Boyan Slat in a fireside chat with Hege Marie Norheim at the ONS conference in Norway, August 31, 2016. Photo by Morten Berentsen.
    Boyan Slat in a fireside chat with Hege Marie Norheim at the ONS conference in Norway, August 31, 2016. Photo by Morten Berentsen.
  • Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
    Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
  • Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
    Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
  • Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
    Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
  • Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
    Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
  • Boyan Slat at The Ocean Cleanup office, 2016.
    Boyan Slat at The Ocean Cleanup office, 2016.
  • Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
    Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
  • Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
    Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.

The Ocean Cleanup – Computer Renderings

Images (8)

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  • Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
    Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, aerial view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, aerial view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, Tow-out. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, Tow-out. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, close-up. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, close-up. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, system with support vessel. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, system with support vessel. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, aerial side view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, aerial side view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, support vessel. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, support vessel. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
  • The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, top view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, top view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup

Video footage (1)

  • The Ocean Cleanup - Computer renderings. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
    1min41 2,1 GB

Ocean Plastic Research & Sea Life

Images (11)

  • A bird surrounded by ocean plastic on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
    A bird surrounded by ocean plastic on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. **Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin**
  • A young monk seal on Laysan Island holds a plastic fragment in his mouth. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
    A young monk seal on Laysan Island holds a plastic fragment in his mouth. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
  • Bite marks on a plastic bottle in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo credits: Kyler Badten / The Ocean Cleanup
    Bite marks on a plastic bottle in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo credits: Kyler Badten / The Ocean Cleanup
  • Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Surface sampling ‘Manta Trawl’ in action during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Surface sampling ‘Manta Trawl’ in action during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
    Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
  • The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
    The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
  • The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
    The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
  • The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
    The Ocean Cleanup research team processes ocean plastic samples in the laboratory.
  • Ocean plastic samples selected for chemical analysis at The Ocean Cleanup research laboratory.
    Ocean plastic samples selected for chemical analysis at The Ocean Cleanup research laboratory.
  • Ocean plastic samples undergoing a persistent organic pollutants analysis at the IMARES institute, Wageningen (NL). Photo credits: IMARES / The Ocean Cleanup
    Ocean plastic samples undergoing a persistent organic pollutants analysis at the IMARES institute, Wageningen (NL). Photo credits: IMARES / The Ocean Cleanup

Video footage (2)

  • Mega Expedition various footage and sea life
    3min32 819,4 MB
  • Sorting and analyzing plastic samples in the laboratory
    1min03 236,4 MB

New North Sea Prototype

September 2017

Images (19)

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  • Inspection of the North Sea prototype floater, August 2017.
    Inspection of the North Sea prototype floater, August 2017.
  • Inspection of the North Sea prototype floater, August 2017.
    Inspection of the North Sea prototype floater, August 2017.
  • Final assembly of the North Sea prototype, August 2017.
    Final assembly of the North Sea prototype, August 2017.
  • The North Sea prototype assembled, ready for installation, August 2017.
    The North Sea prototype assembled, ready for installation, August 2017.
  • The North Sea prototype assembled, ready for installation, August 2017.
    The North Sea prototype assembled, ready for installation, August 2017.
  • First test segment of the North Sea prototype succesfully installed, August 2017.
    First test segment of the North Sea prototype succesfully installed, August 2017.
  • Deployment of the North Sea prototype in progress, August 2017.
    Deployment of the North Sea prototype in progress, August 2017.
  • Connecting the North Sea prototype to the mooring lines, August 2017.
    Connecting the North Sea prototype to the mooring lines, August 2017.
  • Loading the North Sea prototype onto deployment vessel, August 2017.
    Loading the North Sea prototype onto deployment vessel, August 2017.
  • Loading the North Sea prototype onto deployment vessel, August 2017.
    Loading the North Sea prototype onto deployment vessel, August 2017.
  • Overboarding the North Sea Prototype, August 2017.
    Overboarding the North Sea Prototype, August 2017.
  • Overboarding the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Overboarding the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • Installation of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Installation of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • Installation of the second test segment of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Installation of the second test segment of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • Aerial view of the complete setup of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Aerial view of the complete setup of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • Aerial view of the installation of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Aerial view of the installation of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • Overboarding the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Overboarding the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • Installation of the second test segment of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
    Installation of the second test segment of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
  • The North Sea prototype fully deployed, September 2017.
    The North Sea prototype fully deployed, September 2017.

Video footage (3)

  • North Sea prototype inspection and assembly
    1min30 2 GB
  • North Sea prototype offshore installation
    1min52 2,5 GB
  • Engineering and R&D at The Ocean Cleanup HQ
    1min06 1,5 GB

The Next Phase Event

May 2017

Images (27)

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  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years.
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
    The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years.
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
  • UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP

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  • Pacific Cleanup set to start in 2018 - Boyan Slat - Full version
    30min08 3,4 GB
  • Pacific Cleanup set to start in 2018 - Boyan Slat - 5min highlights
    5min57 1,3 GB

Research on Plastic Waste Sources

2017

Images (6)

  • Global yearly plastic inputs from rivers into oceans. Browse the interactive map at www.theoceancleanup.com/sources
    Global yearly plastic inputs from rivers into oceans. Browse the interactive map at www.theoceancleanup.com/sources
  • Global yearly plastic inputs from rivers into oceans
    Global yearly plastic inputs from rivers into oceans
  • Relative seasonal plastic input per continent
    Relative seasonal plastic input per continent
  • Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
    Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
  • Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
    Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016

Aerial Expedition

October 2016

Images (35)

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  • Aerial Expedition visual survey crew in surveying position (side)
    Aerial Expedition visual survey crew in surveying position (side)
  • Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
    Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
  • Aerial Expedition mission patch
    Aerial Expedition mission patch
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Aerial Expedition safety training
    Aerial Expedition safety training
  • Ocean Force One
    Ocean Force One
  • Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
    Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
  • Visual survey cockpit crew on the Aerial Expedition with Julia Reisser, Oceanographer, on the right
    Visual survey cockpit crew on the Aerial Expedition with Julia Reisser, Oceanographer, on the right
  • Aerial expedition briefing by Julia Reisser, Oceanographer
    Aerial expedition briefing by Julia Reisser, Oceanographer
  • Sensor equipment; a CZMIL system which uses LiDAR to create a 3D-image of the ghost nets (left), and a SASI hyperspectral SWIR imaging system, which uses an infrared camera to detect ocean plastic (right).
    Sensor equipment; a CZMIL system which uses LiDAR to create a 3D-image of the ghost nets (left), and a SASI hyperspectral SWIR imaging system, which uses an infrared camera to detect ocean plastic (right).
  • Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
    Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
  • Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
    Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
  • Ocean Force One arriving at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, California
    Ocean Force One arriving at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, California
  • Ocean Force One
    Ocean Force One
  • Ocean Force One tail sticker (close up)
    Ocean Force One tail sticker (close up)
  • Boyan Slat in front of Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat in front of Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
  • A selection of large objects observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
    A selection of large objects observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
  • The Ocean Cleanup Aerial Expedition crew
    The Ocean Cleanup Aerial Expedition crew
  • Aerial view of a ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Ocean debris concentration as observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
    Ocean debris concentration as observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
  • Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
    Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
  • The Ocean Cleanup team and Aerial Expedition crew
    The Ocean Cleanup team and Aerial Expedition crew
  • Multiple debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, spotted during Aerial Expedition flight number 1 by Chandra Salgado Kent from port side of Ocean Force One
    Multiple debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, spotted during Aerial Expedition flight number 1 by Chandra Salgado Kent from port side of Ocean Force One
  • Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
    Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California

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  • Aerial Expedition Various Footage
    10min00 1,7 GB
  • Aerial Expedition Press Conference at Mofett Airfield
    12min42 1,8 GB

North Sea Prototype

June 2016

Images (16)

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  • Unveiling Prototype in Scheveningen Harbor, June 22, 2016.
    Unveiling Prototype in Scheveningen Harbor, June 22, 2016.
  • Unveiling Prototype in Scheveningen Harbor, June 22, 2016.
    Unveiling Prototype in Scheveningen Harbor, June 22, 2016.
  • Sharon Dijksma, Dutch Minister for the Environment, Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of The Ocean Cleanup and Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis at the unveiling of the North Sea Prototype, June 22, 2016
    Sharon Dijksma, Dutch Minister for the Environment, Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of The Ocean Cleanup and Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis at the unveiling of the North Sea Prototype, June 22, 2016
  • Deployment of cardinal buoys, April 28, 2016
    Deployment of cardinal buoys, April 28, 2016
  • The Ocean Cleanup team conducting tests at the North Sea Prototype.
    The Ocean Cleanup team conducting tests at the North Sea Prototype.
  • The Ocean Cleanup team celebrating the installation of the North Sea Prototype.
    The Ocean Cleanup team celebrating the installation of the North Sea Prototype.
  • Water salute. North Sea Prototype fully installed, June 23, 2016
    Water salute. North Sea Prototype fully installed, June 23, 2016
  • Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
    Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
  • Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
    Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
  • Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
    Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
  • Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
    Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
  • Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
    Installation North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
  • Tow-out North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
    Tow-out North Sea Prototype June 23, 2016
  • Installation Prototype moorings by Boskalis, June 18-19, 2016. Copyright Boskalis.
    Installation Prototype moorings by Boskalis, June 18-19, 2016. Copyright Boskalis.
  • Installation Prototype moorings by Boskalis, June 18-19, 2016. Copyright Boskalis.
    Installation Prototype moorings by Boskalis, June 18-19, 2016. Copyright Boskalis.
  • Installation Prototype moorings by Boskalis, June 18-19, 2016. Copyright Boskalis.
    Installation Prototype moorings by Boskalis, June 18-19, 2016. Copyright Boskalis.

Video footage (4)

  • Prototype Installation, Footage by Boskalis
    3min16 2,5 GB
  • The Ocean Cleanup Prototype Press Conference
    10min24 734,4 MB
  • Installation mooring points Prototype, by Boskalis
    2min49 479,2 MB
  • Preparing The Ocean Cleanup Prototype for deployment
    1min39 259,4 MB

Mega Expedition

2015

Images (20)

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  • Mega Expedition research vessel deploying manta trawl.
    Mega Expedition research vessel deploying manta trawl.
  • Mega Expedition mission patch.
    Mega Expedition mission patch.
  • Manta Trawls lined up for Mega Expedition.
    Manta Trawls lined up for Mega Expedition.
  • Manta trawl deployed during Mega Expedition.
    Manta trawl deployed during Mega Expedition.
  • Mega Expedition crew vessel deploying manta trawl.
    Mega Expedition crew vessel deploying manta trawl.
  • Manta trawl deployed during Mega Expedition.
    Manta trawl deployed during Mega Expedition.
  • Mega Expedition trawl samples.
    Mega Expedition trawl samples.
  • Mega Expedition trawl with ghost net. Photo credits: Chloé Dubois, The Ocean Cleanup
    Mega Expedition trawl with ghost net. Photo credits: Chloé Dubois, The Ocean Cleanup
  • Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr fully deployed above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
    Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr fully deployed above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • Mega debris (crate) in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
    Mega debris (crate) in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • Ocean plastic sample after trawling for an hour in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
    Ocean plastic sample after trawling for an hour in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
  • Bite marks on a plastic bottle in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo credits: Kyler Badten / The Ocean Cleanup
    Bite marks on a plastic bottle in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo credits: Kyler Badten / The Ocean Cleanup
  • Crew with visual survey balloon on the deck of Mega Expedition mothership the R/V Ocean Starr.
    Crew with visual survey balloon on the deck of Mega Expedition mothership the R/V Ocean Starr.
  • Size distribution of ocean plastic recovered with R/V Ocean Starr, the Mega Expedition mothership.
    Size distribution of ocean plastic recovered with R/V Ocean Starr, the Mega Expedition mothership.
  • Ghost nets recovered with R/V Ocean Starr, the Mega Expedition mothership.
    Ghost nets recovered with R/V Ocean Starr, the Mega Expedition mothership.
  • Crew showing size distribution of ocean plastic recovered with R/V Ocean Starr, the Mega Expedition mothership.
    Crew showing size distribution of ocean plastic recovered with R/V Ocean Starr, the Mega Expedition mothership.
  • Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr crew pulling a ghost net from the Pacific Ocean.
    Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr crew pulling a ghost net from the Pacific Ocean.
  • Ghost net lifted aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr.
    Ghost net lifted aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr.
  • Ghost net aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr.
    Ghost net aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr.
  • Arrival of the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr in San Francisco on August 23, 2015.
    Arrival of the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr in San Francisco on August 23, 2015.

Video footage (4)

  • Mega Expedition Various Footage and Animation
    2min18 192 MB
  • Mega Expedition departure from Hawaii
    2min18 255,9 MB
  • Mega Expedition Mothership. Ocean Starr
    3min31 327,7 MB
  • Mega Expedition Arrival Press Conference
    3min56 442,2 MB

Scale Model Testing

Images (9)

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  • 2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
    2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
  • 2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
    2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
  • 2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
    2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
  • 3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
    3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
  • 3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
    3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
  • 3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
    3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
  • 3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
    3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
  • 3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
    3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
  • 3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
    3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)

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