Installing Interceptor Barriers in Jamaica | Cleaning Rivers | The Ocean Cleanup

[@MZ99698]

Hope the locals keep it going and it clears up the surrounding areas - the difference between the water quality outside the barrier and inside the barrier was nuts (and disgusting!)

[@BirdBath1]

M z , look in bird bath

[@MZ99698]

@@BirdBath1 cool story bro

[@Phreak0matic]

yeah... not quite sure how they're collecting the plastic that's caught in the trap though :|

[@treeplantation3133]

Deffo!!

[@sportskid1231]

@@Phreak0matic its shown in the video, an interceptor with a rotating belt will be placed on the edge of the trap pulling the plastic into a bin.

[@mooreideas]

Love and respect from Long Beach. We recently had millions of sewage spilled into our waters and as a young person(25) I see this issue growing more and more. I applied for the volunteer program, I hope to here from Ocean Cleanup soon, cheers!

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

Thank you, and cant wait for your future potential service

[@rorysurf]

how do I volunteer?

[@gailwaters814]

Catching part of the trash is cool, but surely to get to the root of the problem we need to teach these geniuses not to throw their trash everywhere they go. How much money and intelligence do you need to NOT throw your trash everywhere you go???

[@shipoffulls]

When I was young they really emphasized not littering, plus they enforced the 1000 dollar fine for littering. You wouldn't of been caught dead littering, other cultures haven't been taught this, and now they come to the US and they continue with their same ways. Just some education is needed. Now they teach this pie in the sky climate change. Cleanliness begins at home.

[@JamaicaOutdoors]

I've been following the crew all over the world with great job they do.i have dreamt of them coming to my small island of Jamaica 🇯🇲 and it's a dream come true.🙏keep up the good work 👍🏽 from me and all my fishing partners and associates 🇯🇲🇩🇪👊🏽😎

[@BirdBath1]

Yow, look at bird bath

[@treeplantation3133]

I think the best way to make an impact is to share on all socials

[@gailwaters814]

Catching part of the trash is cool, but surely to get to the root of the problem we need to teach these geniuses not to throw their trash everywhere they go. How much money and intelligence do you need to NOT throw your trash everywhere you go???

[@johnmcmillan7358]

I hope this pilot goes well. I have great confidence in The Ocean Clean Up company AND the local workers at these sites. If this project does nothing else, it will show everyone that the riverside trash that is thrown or dumped and the waste materials coming from factories or homes affects the ocean that we all share. There is no more "away" anymore (as in "throw it away").

[@Imasteria]

So cool to hear about how that LOCALLY changes things.. After all this has always been about cleaning the "ocean". So showing how the region benefits is so good!

[@miriamsherwood582]

Thank u

[@treeplantation3133]

I think the best way is to share the work on all of social media

[@gailwaters814]

Catching part of the trash is cool, but surely to get to the root of the problem we need to teach these geniuses not to throw their trash everywhere they go. How much money and intelligence do you need to NOT throw your trash everywhere you go???

[@merelha5930]

@@gailwaters814 quite a bit of money if your country doesn't really have any systems yet

[@joeb134]

@@gailwaters814 what a privileged statement. It couldn't be the hotels and millions of tourist. It has to be the locals. It couldn't be lack of infrastructure and shady business practices. Nope it's gotta be those locals throwing out trash.

[@hibye671]

As small scale of a project it may seem, it’s a phenomenal start and will have major impacts. Well done Jamaica 🇯🇲! Great example for ALL countries to learn.

[@lifekreec]

Million thanks again for making Jamaica one of the early projects,,,,,, the approach may be different or at a different scale however I know the challenges presented on the ground,,, thank thanks thanks this is a great accomplishment as part of the Ocean clean up team

[@gailwaters814]

Catching part of the trash is cool, but surely to get to the root of the problem we need to teach these geniuses not to throw their trash everywhere they go. How much money and intelligence do you need to NOT throw your trash everywhere you go???

[@TheeAntiChris]

I am always SOOO EXCITED to see more Interceptor Installations across the world! People are running out of time to save our only home, Earth from pollution; in our oceans, on land and in our atmosphere, but inventions like the Interceptor and JENNY, bring us hope!

[@ingridwatsup9671]

THANK YOU OCEAN CLEAN UP this is such a great gift for Jamaica! Love from the home country 🇳🇱 Good luck to Clean Harbours Jamaica! A Bravo to the gentleman of Tropical Ocean Cleanup/Biker who came up with the Kaboom which you are now using aswell. We learn from each other always!

[@TropicalOceanCleanup]

OMG I am so excited to see you doing this. Please keep us informed, can't wait to see the extraction and where the plastics, trash and debris goes to be processed. Keep up the great work, hope you can come to the Philippines one day and see our river trash Kabooms...made from trash, cheap but very effective. Please post update videos soon......

[@lindatenbras6711]

This man is doing a great job as well. He made barriers with tires and plastic bottles. Already in four canals, getting lots of debris out the ocean. Educate the local people and hire them. Please check the video ‘s of Tropical Ocean Cleanup as well.

[@choncord]

You are also doing a fantastic job.🙏

[@gailwaters814]

Catching part of the trash is cool, but surely to get to the root of the problem we need to teach these geniuses not to throw their trash everywhere they go. How much money and intelligence do you need to NOT throw your trash everywhere you go???

[@TropicalOceanCleanup]

@@gailwaters814 It is suggestions like your that has ruined my life. So I have done what your asking, design, built and installed a huge single stream recycling cage. Staffed it with paid cage attendants handing out informational flyers plus hands on helping people segregate. Oh it worked after many months and a whole lot of money. But now I am still stuck overseeing and maintaining/cleaning up daily due to no Government involvement, they could care less that is is working or not and refuses to take over for me. It has made a huge difference in the amount of trash on the street and in the canals, residents now have this cage as an option and I cannot break away from it until I get some support. Easy to suggest, much harder putting your boots on the ground and doing it. Not sure what to do now, any more suggestions?

[@TropicalOceanCleanup]

I've watched this video several times now, love it. I'm curious how much did the new barrier's cost, and the labor? Boats? Looks to be employing many. Keep up the good work, you are making a big impact.

[@lifekreec]

Thanks to Bayon and the Ocean clean up team it's been a journey nd still is ,,,, do appreci-love all the effort in all ur doings ,

[@p.jhealy989]

I'm proud to have been an early-stage contributor to Ocean Cleanup. Wishing you guys continued success.

[@tessjones5987]

This polution is entraping ocean wildlife. You are helping all the ocean and river creatures. Love you.

[@Sara-world]

Wow! So amazing what you guys are doing around the world!

[@BirdBath1]

Sarah, look at bird bath

[@LAT.MTL.]

You all make me so emotional! I'm bawling. You are HEROS and I LOVE seeing the local people being employed!!! The Jamaican's are SO EXCITED about your project. I am super impressed. BRAVO 👏🏽💙

[@zimrasawyer1881]

Check out tropical ocean cleanup, diy barriers.

[@BirdBath1]

Lynn, look at bird bath

[@johnhixon9845]

I’ve been following this project for years, so exciting ti see all that they are doing. Can’t wait to see where things go from here.

[@BirdBath1]

John, look at bird bath

[@MrJordib14]

Amazing. Love the different solutions by the ocean cleanup.

[@ListenAndWhisper]

It’s amazing and surprising to see the difference in water color between the river side and ocean side. I did not expect that

[@thesilentone4024]

Have you thought of adding a chemical detector that tells you what chemical like fertilizer or pesticides factory metal also measures the amount that goes through. It can help you figure out if farms or factorys or power plants like coal plants are contaminating the water. Thoughts on adding this to them.

[@Avx829]

I don't think they have the man power or resources to do it. An outside company would probably be more beneficial for handling that aspect of cleaning the water/gathering information. The ocean cleanup project could install them but doing anything useful with the data or going after companies and or finding solutions would cost them a significant portion of their budget. My personal opinion is they should ignore it because they already have an insane goal of preventing and cleaning up plastic and trash on 2/3 of the planet.

[@thesilentone4024]

@@Avx829 they dont need to go after them just record the information and send it off to a company that will use the data from it and go through the proper channels to help reduce or stop it.

[@womanofsubstance8735]

I am so glad to see this project progress. I know people who "don't believe" this is real, that plastic pollution is a problem. Sad.

[@MarcelHuguenin]

Great work you guys are doing! Keep it up!

[@walkertongdee]

Love you guys you are real heroes bless you!

[@evertonnixon5881]

Excellent video, your project is perfect, it's exactly what the oceans and the world needs. Please keep up the great work and you all stay blessed.♥️💪💯🇯🇲

[@mztee8107]

On a side note, love the signature neon electric blue of Ocean Cleanup. Very cool! 😎

[@julzhepburn3688]

Excellent,,this makes me so happy,,another day in a magical world,,thankyou

[@digitalfingerprints]

Keep up the great work. Thank you!

[@Jannikheu]

I'm so thankful that you guys exist!

[@mrinconclusive83]

I'm soooo happy people are slowly starting to understand We can't look after this planet by ourselves But all together we CAN make a difference

[@hjordistorfa]

Well I'm greatful that no smell gos thro the camera..gives us a chanse to see this video.. I'm sure the people there are greatful to you beautiful souls in the River Team.. you deserve all the best of the best for wath your doing.. World Wide.. Thank you from my heart ❤

[@milesj6064]

This is awesome, I have been following your company since back when it all started with the TED Talk and see where it is today, congratulations and every piece of trash that is kept out of the ocean is the goal. Now just need to find the best way to recycle all that stuff that you are catching all over the world so it doesn't get recycled back into the ocean again. keep up the good work

[@GayestWinston]

I'm so glad it's working as intended, well done! Looking forward to support the cause further, and see where this is going. I'm optimistic :)

[@helmchen1239]

First time that i see thankful people in videos like that .. I am sure that was a good feeling there :) Good job.

[@klarwitter0015]

I absolutely love what you are doing with your projects and that you include locals in the progress!!! Do you also have plans to Start your project even earlier in the chain so preventing littering from happening in the first place?

[@robertlinder8464]

This has been addressed in one of their other videos. The problem is mostly infrastructure: many countries don't have a system for garbage disposal. That itself could create jobs, but I guess there is no will from some people in power in those places..

[@ronhaytack7038]

Please keep your efforts rolling!! You guys maybe our only chance for our future generations!!!

[@zaynabmohsin6263]

What you guys are doing- installing the barriers, preventing the plastic and waste from entering the ocean- is really cool. It uplifts and brings hope to people that changes at small levels can have a huge impact in the longterm. But I do have a question- what happens to all the waste trapped between the barriers-does it just stay there or is it recycled- what happens to it?

[@hphinn]

Everyone needs to contribute. Jamaica needs a recycling program. Hefty fine for industries and other polluters.

[@KarenUntz]

👏👏👏👏👏 (Standing ovation!)

[@mrharry8466]

Thanks people for all your hard work and dedication.

[@lindatenbras6711]

Thank you for doing this, hope to see video’s in the future which the results. I also interested in the amount of trash already collected with Jenny in her first months of the official trip.

[@BirdBath1]

Linda, look at bird bath

[@audhdcreativity5899]

I love this for the locals, the project and for the ocean ♡♡♡ great job everyone!

[@JimNelson-kw5le]

you guys are awesome! must be the best job in the world,,, looking after the oceans!!

[@Imaginme]

You spoke of the excitement. I'm excited about this trash clean up myself! The excitement is counter to all the dispair I've experienced all my life of watching the planet fill up with people's trash. Now, I hope you can design a Space Interceptor for space junk!

[@newtonforrest8195]

Excellent.thank you we appreciate the great job that is being done, thank's again a miricle for our fishermen and our sea users,Jamaica thanks all involved. 💛💜❤🐋🐟🐬

[@354sd]

One of the few things which gives me hope for the future

[@mattheweven4001]

Incredible work

[@wiseguy2469]

You should install a gate at the funnel point so your boats can just pull up hook up and open up the gate for easy trash removal. Look like you guys need to find a way to separate that oil in the water too that's collecting up. That will be a challenge

[@Shazmuzic]

Fantastic, 👌🏾👍🏾Well done to Jamaica 🇯🇲, showing how a little project can make a difference to many.. Keep the momentum going, can't wait to see the next phase 😉✊🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽

[@vinjulieann1]

I've seen where they have simple plastics processing - sorting and melting it into heavy paving blocks of different shapes and colors. Supposed to be long lasting. They should give solutions for the waste itself.

[@mnmurph]

These guys are everybody's Heroes!

[@Number26ami]

👍🏾Good luck with this pilot, may valuable data be obtained and used to implement more projects going forward. I also hope that the sources of the waste are addressed: waste disposal!

[@jdcabauwnl]

I noticed that with the barrier it also holds back oil and other bad liquids. I would be nice if there are plans to take that out of the water as well. 💪🏼

[@precisiont5188]

They are smart to know that this project will help them a lot.

[@stivsenetza6604]

Great idea! Keep going! But also it would be great to organize some on land recycling programs as well.

[@wouterdvs6165]

First of all good job from everybody involved in this. The ocean cleanup is a really good project for the whole world. But here is my concern with this specifically, aren't the locals going to trow more trash in the river because they know it will be cleaned up in the end? Resulting in way more work for the ocean cleanup. Again, very good job. keep it up!

[@cjmiller2037]

Great idea, great work, the USA doesnt do stuff like this do they? They might but never get reports on anything good happening, this is saving the planet stuff...Great work everyone.

[@annaredding]

Great project, well done Ocean Cleanup- amazing! thanks 🫂

[@larry785]

Anything new in Jamaica is something they can look forward to.

[@meredithbignell7333]

Great work, super inspiring! I also encourage everyone to check out the grassroots action in the Philippines being done by #tropicaloceancleanup and his #kabooms It's not pretty or polished like this, but the amount of trash they are keeping out of the ocean is staggering!

[@afdelvino]

Amazing. Is Brazil a possible location for an Interceptor?

[@margaretstanton7567]

I believe they identified 1,000 rivers that are causing most of the ocean pollution, but I don't know which rivers they are. there might be a list in a previous video.

[@robertlinder8464]

@@margaretstanton7567 There some info if you google "ocean cleanup rivers", I will post a link in a comment below (YT will probably auto delete though).

[@margaretstanton7567]

@@robertlinder8464 Thanks!

[@Shadywolf09]

Wow, look at the water quality difference at 7:44 That's crazy

[@taptapindustries2580]

You guys are the best!!!

[@alanbaqtar1244]

Who’s here before they get recognized by the whole world? 👇

[@matthewthomas0330]

AMAZING, AWESOME AND SPECTACULAR!!!!

[@KC-ke7kq]

This is sooo important! Thank you.

[@TheLeeattwood]

Brings great awareness, excellent 👌 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@cesarcosta7577]

Congratulations from Brazil 🇧🇷👏👏👏

[@Passer7by]

What happens if the thrash will start to overflow barriers? Is it collected? How?

[@prestonmatthews725]

I love my island but we have so much to learn. Recycling and proper disposal of garbage needs to be a priority. I guess small steps are still considered progress. We can do better people.

[@0070-y2u]

So amazing bless y'all. ❤ Thanks for stopping the trash from throwing garbage in water ways. How dumb can you get to poop where you eat.

[@NickvanderSluys]

Real nice to see!

[@kenjohnson5498]

Jamaica could be such a pure country if they implemented a profitable recycling program.

[@patrickconway5542]

It is excellent to see you starting to clean up the plastics, but the problem is that you need more recycling of your plastics! There are companies that can help you develop a plastics recovery and reuse it for fuel and products.. 👍🏼peace love respect ✊🏻

[@peterschoemaker9]

Very inspirational work! And happy to see the impact. But what about the people of Jamaica, they put the plastic in the rivers. So what will the Jamaican government do about that?

[@leewest8159]

Hi River Team. Excellent job!

[@chrispage3803]

The hardest parts will be getting each level Government to develop a waste management system, starting from the ground up. More biodegradable products, less waste, recycling programs... ETC and then Educating the public on these new systems. This is amazing though, and I'm so happy to see 3 systems being installed in short order. Hoping Lots can be learned here and that the rest of the world dealing with similar issues will be able to work with the Jamaicians for many years to come.

[@vandemis]

I think this is the best solution again pollution of ocean.

[@fitzroyramsay9946]

This should be shared locally in jamaica national broadcasting

[@VictorBreazzeal]

I love you guys and I'm glad you guys exist

[@jenaemarieAZ]

I am watching over a year later. I need to check the website to see how it is working.

[@knowone3529]

Golden ticket everybody on-board Its tremendous

[@plunder3624]

08:14 mind-blowing footage

[@dennisjj6529]

I'm 71 years old. My Dad took me fishing on a stream sometime when I was about 8 years old. He said not to ever throw anything into the water, ... and I never did. Sometime later, my Dad said to never litter.... and I still don't. The problem that the world has today with all this pollution, is due to poor parents. Make your own change. I've explained to my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, ...... don't throw anything in the water and don't litter. I hope that they listened to me, like I listened to my Dad.

[@Saucyakld]

I was a litterer like my family. Dad would open his cigarettes packet and just chuck it on the street. But married an engineer and he was horrified. Changed the family about pollution and we taught our children and they ate teaching their children. Wonderful!

[@tazmunster7646]

The older guy daid it all. Its all cool!

[@pandathepanda4858]

I really hope the Government and Anju see this and make an effort to have these installed at every major river in Jamaica

[@bradsswinton]

What surprises me is that Jamaica needs this as I thought it was a class country to sort their own waste out.

[@yaboyastro69420]

YOU GOT THIS JAMAICA!

[@beebuckmaster2975]

Brilliant...you’re doing SUCH a great job! THANKYOUUUUUU 🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@christinebirch7906]

You should see the work a guy is doing in the Phillipines. He's practically a one man band but is training local kids. Not as technical as you but doing a good job stopping garbage getting to the sea. Check out Tropical Ocean Cleanup.

[@Shunthunder]

I look forward to seeing the progress here

[@sofiesdeco118]

Awesome project!! 👍🏻👍🏻😍

[@DaveAppleton]

I commend you guys for what your doing, any waste that's not going into our oceans if fantastic, I have to say though that it still feels like we're trying to hurd a million sheep with one dog and a clapped out 4x4. We, and when I say we I mean the people with the power need to instill a culture change in people round the world to actively stop the waste from getting in the water in the first place. Too many people pay our waterways and ocean zero attention or just treat it as a resource to use and abuse. What your doing is great but education is the key. Sorry I try not to ever comment negatively but there's so many people round the world that have the power to do something and just don't.

[@JoshuaBlueByrd]

Wow great job guys!

[@NirvanaFan5000]

I wish the website had a daily tracker of how much garbage it's intercepted. A live feed would be super cool.

[@johnsharkey2948]

Like scrapin.. it will start out small gains.. but over time, Every cent counts and compounds..A few greaT loads can change alot..

[@frankgordonsmith4795]

I like how they engoreate their ocean clean up boat by smashing glass into the water

[@dcookie4444]

No amount of Thank You is enough. I've got to get me a pair of those sunglasses :)

[@pawelwelsberg6800]

Great to see it. What will happen with this trash next? Fingers crossed for the success.

[@pierrearmand6590]

Besides picking up the garbage Can you throw on a basic water filter on the system as well.

[@livinglegacy7]

Way to go!!! 👏👏👏