History of the Interceptor | Cleaning Rivers | The Ocean Cleanup

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To rid the oceans of plastic, we need to not only clean up what is already out there, but also stop new plastic from entering the ocean: we need to close the tap.

Rivers are the main source of ocean plastic pollution. They are the arteries that carry waste from land to the ocean. Our research found that 1000 rivers are responsible for roughly 80% of the pollution.

Working together with government leaders and private corporations, our goal is to tackle these 1000 most polluting rivers, all over the world, by 2025. How? By deploying Interceptors.

The Interceptor is The Ocean Cleanup’s answer for river plastic waste. It is the first scalable solution to prevent plastic from entering the world’s oceans from rivers.

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Produced by The Ocean Cleanup
Edited by DOB-Academy

[_Combat_Wombat]

Can't wait for the Interceptor livestreams to go up. So satisfying watching that gunk get pulled out of the river.

[farginargle]

A MILLION THANKS TO EACH ONE OF YOU BLESSED SOULS!

[andreandre]

as indonesian, i'm honored to have the first prototype in my country. THANK YOU.. THANK YOU.. THANK YOU.

[camriarnr]

What an amazing surprise. Thank you to everyone at the Ocean Cleanup!

[muffin]

Thank you Boyan and everyone at the Ocean Cleanup, for changing the world to a better place and inspiring all of us!

[georgenorris]

Hats off to all the team for making it this far. Let´s hope for hundreds of interceptors VERY SOON.

[samelguilherme]

The idea and all amazing work has been outstanding. Thanks a lot for that. The only 'small' but maybe important point is trust. Wouldn't it had been better if you had trusted supporters sharing three experimental side project on rivers? I have the feeling it would had been significantly better. Any how, thanks a lot for all amazing great work. Thanks!

[YohanesNiko]

Thank you for deploying it first in jakarta, a place where it is really needed. I hope we can continue moving upstream in tackling the plastic problem: to the comsumer, manufacturer, and finally government.

[vritarita]

That is finally the step that is going to make a huge change!

[jipes]

Can't wait to have webcam livestreams on all the interceptors

[paperbags]

Amazing work like this makes me feel like there is still hope for society

[mykillmielia]

I am so happy you are writing this history for humanity

[roiblack]

This is great news! So good. Thank you for all your work.

[uvas]

You say it is solar powered. Is it possible to use the current of the river to make it more economical? Maybe a couple of paddlewheels to power the conveyor belt?

[brianronne]

Thank you ocean cleanup for everything you do! Such good work your doing for this planet

[prafina_]

what an answer big appreciation and thank you very much.

[arwenix]

Well done guys! I’m so happy that you are doing something about this problem!!
How much of the river garbage are you able to collect btw?

[manuelperez]

Hello, Fantantic job Team, Im big fan, much respect from San Francisco of macorís Dominican republic

[NirvanaFan]

Can't wait to see this in rivers across the world, and to see some tangible progress in the fight to unf*ck our planet.

[haya]

I wish we can have more soon in Indonesia, thanks a lot TOC and Indonesian government for the support and make the first interceptor can operate in Indonesia.