Ocean Plastic Research & Sea Life

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
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.
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.
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 undergoing a persistent organic pollutants analysis at the IMARES institute, Wageningen (NL). Photo credits: IMARES / The Ocean Cleanup