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2024: A Record-Breaking Year for the Ocean Cleanup


In 2024, The Ocean Cleanup made significant progress toward ridding the world’s oceans of plastic. From scaling up our work in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to expanding river cleanup efforts globally, every milestone brought us closer to solving this critical environmental challenge.

From scaling up our work in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to expanding river cleanup efforts globally, every milestone brought us closer to solving this critical environmental challenge. Bangkok: The Interceptor Original began work on the Chao Praya River as part of a multi-year initiative to reduce plastic pollution in the Gulf of Thailand. Guatemala: The deployment of Barricade XL at the Rio Motagua marked a significant step in protecting the Gulf of Honduras, home to the world’s second-largest coral reef.

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