Mumbai Calling: The Ocean Cleanup and Bharat Clean Rivers Foundation Join Forces in India

The Ocean Cleanup has agreed its first partnership in India, teaming up with Bharat Clean Rivers Foundation to collaborate on their campaign to tackle plastic pollution in the nation’s rivers – starting in Mumbai.

Our mission is to rid the oceans of plastic. This requires a dual strategy: cleaning up plastic pollution already floating on the high seas, while stopping the influx of waste leaking into the oceans from rivers.

Our research shows that plastic emissions from rivers are the principal source of ocean plastic pollution, with the most polluting rivers usually located near highly populated coastal cities encountering waste management challenges.