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Happy World Oceans Day! Grateful and proud to have made progress toward cleaner oceans together with @Kia_Worldwide

Looks like Central America's plastic season has officially begun.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Dutch non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup inked an agreement to remove floating waste from the Pasig River. Read more: gmanetwork.com/news/topstori…

DENR, Ocean Cleanup ink 5-year deal to clean Pasig River trib.al/CbFlpk7

The rainy season is starting in Guatemala, bringing trash tsunamis down the Rio Las Vacas:

This is how we progressed towards clean oceans in May: 🔹Following the success of Interceptor 007 in LA County, we signed agreements with county and city leaders in Los Angeles to expand our operations to the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers as part of our 30 Cities Program. 🔹This past month, we co-authored a study analyzing more than 20,000 eel traps lost at sea, emphasizing the durability of discarded fishing gear, which can persist for decades and travel across the entire ocean 🔹As part of our commitment to addressing the source of ocean plastic pollution, we recently joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative, an initiative dedicated to tackling abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear in our oceans. 🔹New deployments are underway in Manila, Philippines, and Panama - stay tuned for updates!

It was a pleasure spending time with @CarolinaMejiaG, Mayor of Santo Domingo, to discuss our upcoming deployment in the Río Ozama. I’m grateful for her support and commitment to clean oceans!

We are expanding our operations in Greater Los Angeles. 🇺🇸 Last week, we announced our agreement with county and city leaders in Los Angeles to help intercept an estimated 410–628 tons of plastic from entering the Pacific Ocean each year. Our next Interceptor deployments are planned in Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Some highlights from last week's event ⬇️

This is the hell of plastic pollution. The photo shows Rio Motagua in Guatemala. It’s a horrible scene. There are many similar places across the globe. But the good news is that at the end of this year the beaches of Guatemala will come back to old splendor - white sands, blue oceans, green vegetation. This is thanks to The Ocean Cleanup. Their fantastic river interceptors today pick up 2 - 5 % of all plastics moving into our Ocean. Nearly all plastics coming into the Ocean originate in 1000 rivers. Ocean Cleanup is ready to vastly expand its operations. Nearly all of these rivers are in middle income countries. The rich have effective garbage collection. The poorest cannot afford much plastic. I had a wonderful conversation with Boyan Slat the founding father of Ocean Cleanup today. “This is the cheapest global problem to solve”, he said. He needs more investors - companies, philanthropy or governments. Can anyone please come forward! More: lnkd.in/ewDT4pWZ

This is how our operations are positively impacting communities affected by plastic pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia. Watch the full video: youtu.be/XFXQtSnBnTs?si=biNu…

This is the progress we made towards clean oceans in April: 🔹Our research team published its 100th peer-reviewed research paper 🔹In Jamaica, Interceptor 015 captured tons of trash, including multiple fridges and even a couch 🔹Interceptor 023 in Honduras is stopping trash before it reaches the ocean - and performance improvements are underway 🔹 We’re bringing operations to the Philippines, with our first deployment in the Meycauayan River planned in the coming months 🔹 We renewed our partnership with Hyundai Glovis for another four years, which will help us expand our ADIS camera deployments to better map plastic pollution hotspots in the ocean.