Earth Day News: The Ocean Cleanup Bags 10,000,000 kg of Trash!

WE JUST HIT 
10,000,000 KG OF TRASH REMOVED

Yes, you read that right! Last week, on Earth Day, we achieved a significant milestone: surpassing the 10,000,000 kg*

(≈ 22,046,200 lbs) mark of trash extracted from oceans and rivers worldwide! As we prepare for a global scale-up, this groundbreaking achievement reflects the hard work and progress of our team since we removed our first million kilograms of trash in 2022. 

*Approximately the same weight as the Eiffel Tower! Read more about this achievement in our latest press release. 

10,000,000 kg of trash has been removed from oceans and rivers | Our biggest catch in Guatemala | New Podcast Episode: Relationship Building | Global Plastics Treaty: the stakes of legacy plastic    Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. WE JUST HIT 10,000,000 KG OF TRASH REMOVED Yes, you read that right! Last week, on Earth Day, we achieved a significant milestone: surpassing the 10,000,000 kg* (≈ 22,046,200 lbs) mark of trash extracted from oceans and rivers worldwide! As we prepare for a global scale-up, this groundbreaking achievement reflects the hard work and progress of our team since we removed our first million kilograms of trash in 2022.  *Approximately the same weight as the Eiffel Tower!    Read more about this achievement in our latest press release.  OUR BIGGEST CATCH EVER WITH INTERCEPTOR 006   Another achievement was accomplished recently: Interceptor 006 captured our biggest river catch ever – allowing us to cross the threshold of 10,000,000 kg. Our 2-boom Interceptor Barricade in Guatemala prevented 1,400,000 kg (≈ 3,100,000 lbs) of trash from flowing into the Caribbean Sea in one single evening.   You can watch the impressive footage of the trash flood right here:  You can also learn more about Interceptor 006’s catch in this article.      PODCAST EPISODE: RELATIONSHIP BUILDING Charlotte de Jong, Business Development Manager at The Ocean Cleanup shares the challenges she faced, working on the deployment of Interceptor 019 in Thailand (deployed in March).  LISTEN NOW   GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY AND THE STAKES OF LEGACY PLASTIC Government officials from around the world gathered in Canada last week to continue discussing the UN Global Plastics Treaty, aimed at defining solutions to plastic pollution. We at The Ocean Cleanup fully support this effort and offer data, expertise, and insights for an ambitious treaty that tackles not only plastic production but the whole lifecycle of plastic.  Read our blogpost to discover why cleaning up ocean plastic is an essential part in solving plastic pollution. READ MORE Thank you for your continued interest in our mission to rid the world's oceans of plastic. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress. Sincerely, The Ocean Cleanup Crew P.S: Have you checked out our new fundraising platform yet?    JOIN THE TEAM Contribute to the mission with your expertise APPLY   SUPPORT THE CLEANUP Help us scale our cleanup operations in rivers and oceans. DONATE   © 2024 The Ocean Cleanup. All rights reserved. The Ocean Cleanup Coolsingel 6, 5-6th floor Rotterdam, 3011 AD Netherlands Want to change how you receive these emails? Unsubscribe or update subscription preferences

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