The Ocean Cleanup products

Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using conventional methods - vessels and nets - would take thousands of years and tens of billions of dollars to complete. Our passive systems are estimated to remove half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years, at a fraction of the cost. Our first cleanup system is set to be deployed mid-2018. This is how it works:

In 2015 a series of scale model tests of The Ocean Cleanup’s system was performed at world-renowned maritime research institutes Deltares and MARIN. Testing at a reduced scale allows for a high testing frequency at low cost. The main goal of the campaigns was to determine the loads and dynamics of the cleanup barriers when exposed to waves and currents. Results help to further improve the design, ensuring it will survive and be operable in storm conditions.