What Do We Need to Scale up and Clean the Entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch? | Podcast Clip

How do we clean the oceans? With a little help from our friends, of course - and Ewan Topping, our Senior Partnership Manager, helps us find them. Hundreds of organizations collaborate with The Ocean Cleanup, and Ewan tells us the key to attracting the right support: identify a shared problem and find partners motivated to solve it. Listen to the full podcast here: theoceancleanup.com/podcasts/....
But it's not all about big organizations - many of you, our listeners, support The Ocean Cleanup each month. Ewan tells us how this is now easier than ever with our new fundraising platform, ready for anyone around the world to help us rid the oceans of plastic: fund.theoceancleanup.com.
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[@DownWithBureaucracy]

I don't have much in terms of money or influence, but I spread the news wherever I can and have a recurring donation. I'll be a part of this any way I can

[@ingvar1996]

You are awesome!

[@dogelord144]

Thank you, That is what matters. When everyday people do whatever they can to support something like this, that is when a project becomes the most successful.

[@crapisnice]

Don't forget to call for the ban of all plastic and NOW

[@4g5y]

"this is a finite project" i don't think i have ever wished for a company i love to go out of business, but i hope this happens here. And this brilliant company can turn its attention elsewhere because humans need all the help to do right by our brilliant planet.

[@TheOak12345]

I think you need to ramp up the Interceptors too. It's proven you can stop it at the source as we've seen in Asia, Jamaica, Costa Rica and California. I know you have identified rivers as the source.

[@brunobarks6544]

REAL ACTION ! So good to see folks working together. The whole world has forgotten how to get along lately. Thank you for some feel good news. Much love. God bless🙏

[@extraclip]

Im old enough to remember when people said this was a scam and was impossible 😂. 10 companies are responsible for 80% of the pollution send them the bill.

[@markae0]

@@extraclip The company will pay it. The plastic should be illegal to be made and sold. THAT is the SOLUTION make plastic illegal to make and sell.

[@Pottery4Life]

@@extraclip It is not a scam. But it is not a solution. (I am finding out)

[@stickynorth]

The largest plastic polluters have a moral obligation to finance the clean up if you ask me... I'm looking to you "Pepsi Presents..." and "Coca Cola Presents..."

[@timothyball3144]

The money would be better spent stopping it before it gets to the ocean. Clean-up is important, but why is it there in the first place and how to stop it from getting there? While those soda bottles are easily traceable, I seem to recall that isn't the main source of the plastics in the ocean.

[@jefreestyles]

Need to create a subsidy called The River Cleanup.

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@timothyball3144 they have 2 major operations going on, one is this and one is the interceptor which is an autonomous mechanism that collects most debris in multiple locations [rivers[

[@adriane7841]

Dont forget the fishing industry

[@Sally4th_]

@@timothyball3144 yes, more needs to be stopped from going in but the stuff that's already there also needs to be cleaned up. No reason not to do both.

[@iamjacquesbarjon]

More dollars should be directed towards building more river Interceptors. I have to think the ROI at stopping pollution at the source and closer to local fishing grounds, tourist destinations, etc. is higher than fishing it out of the middle of the ocean.

[@crapisnice]

It's the ROG return of garbage lol, ban all plastic now

[@knowledgebooster4006]

Truly love the work u do, I just want to breathe the air of the plastic free , polution free ,green house gas free Earth 🌎🌍 , salute to you guys ,@ our earth @ our motherland!!!!!

[@-Window-Licker-]

This is a business that deserves to profit because every living thing will benefit from it. Keep doing what you're doing please we salute you !

[@riskinhos]

IT'S NOT A BUSINESS. A BUSINESS GOAL IS TO MAKE PROFIT. THIS IS NOT A BUSINESS IT'S A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

[@AndreaConway-ym9wm]

That's a amazing clean up , they are doing a great job .

[@manuelpoggi8659]

Big disclaimer, first of all: it's good and important that people can participate in this and feel good about it. Now, we need a LAW for this. Plastic producer and plastic consumer MUST pay for this, it's a negative externality that MUST be included in their price. It's too easy making a product that is cheaper respect to the biodegradable ones, and leave the extra cost to the collectivity. It's not fair, they should pay.

[@markae0]

Who ever collects the money will just pocket the money.

[@hugorivas6674]

Thanks super much for all your amazing work... saving the planet !

[@PeterKertesz2013]

Great work,thank you!

[@bebelives]

You guys are SO awesome

[@emilyarchibald1900]

I wish more influencers would support this. I know there was the team seas one Mr Beast and that other guy did a few years back but I wish there were more. ❤

[@Tolinar]

Good job. Thank you for your hard work.

[@aija1085]

Thank you God bless you for your best work ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@brendanmitchell5562]

Idea: set a fundraising goals for each country to fund at least one. Pool private and government donations together untill one can be built and deployed with costs covered. Once there is enough funding Paint a flag on it. Make the plastic collection count public on the website so everyone can see what has been collected. A little friendly compitition goes a long way. You will likely get far more donations too.

[@ChristianBlueChimp]

One would think that the UN would sponsor this.

[@Zero.0ne.]

Crowd source. Thanks for caring about the future of the planet. Cleaning the patch might not save it, but symbolically I think it's monumental for our chances.

[@riskinhos]

GOVERNMENT SOURCE.

[@MrFoxRobert]

Thank you!

[@shadow_crne1030]

My OCD thanks you guys. Keep it growing...........

[@peterdarby1445]

A few people who claim to be philanthropists can surely see the benefit of this. Any one of them could provide sufficient funding on their own - Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Gill Bates, King Charles and others - Will they step up?

[@XxAverageJoexX]

Why is it their duty? How about the companies that create the products?

[@semiramisubw4864]

@@XxAverageJoexX its mostly people and poor countrys where such huge volume comes from in the waters tho. Companys move abroad to avoid regulations for such a things sadly. Look at the textile companys in bangladesh and other parts, they are poisenen the rivers to such a high degree that there isnt any life in there. Regular people also should be teached that the current hyperconsumerism is accelerating such things

[@XxAverageJoexX]

@@semiramisubw4864 yeah but if their country would hold those companies accountable it would be much better for everyone. I know there is still personal responsibility yet I think the companies could take responsibility as well.

[@amandao.8043]

Sponsor a River Interceptor! I think putting 100-1000 in place will shrink the ocean traffic too. I know the existing garbage needs tackling but River Interceptors put plastic in people's minds.

[@lalah9481]

If we don’t stop polluting, then how would this ever end?

[@MisterHolaMan]

pleeease consider building a pyrolysis chamber on the ships!! I want to help but nobody wants to talk about how much petroleum it takes to run these ships. why not process some of the plastic on site back into petroleum fractions and fuel oil, and the lighter fraction of flammable hydrocarbons can be fed directly into the engine, while heating the pyrolysis reaction to process the plastic. This will allow you to stay out there longer and harvest way more plastic, while cutting down on logistics of moving the collected garbage back to land and thus all that carbon spared!! Its not that hard I have the chemistry knowhow to run the whole program!! just ask me to help!!

[@ingvar1996]

My thoughts exactly! 🙌🙌

[@andrewfoster1641]

Fuel oil laboratories bring explosion hazards. Wouldn't you agree that crew safety is a priority in any mission?

[@MisterHolaMan]

@@andrewfoster1641 thats a misleading argument as humans are capaple of doing incredibly dangerous things safely every day, some much more dangerous than that. Is an oil refinery making the fuel for the boats also dangerous for their employees?

[@annaschrieber8087]

I hope you get money from KZbin, I try to like and comment every video, you should have millions and millions of subscribers IMO 😃

[@lindabardes9974]

Thanks!

[@vindejon7097]

I hope one day a combined effort of different countries and or rich business men / corporations will make this big cleanup possible and may that lead to a worldwide understanding that we simply cannot use the sea as a dumpster. Big Up!

[@danielcapson9842]

Shouldn't big oil and the plastic industry help pay for this wonderful mission? It seems to me they should have a hand in the solution. Why can't the U.N. force their hands on this? This is their global catastrophe, no? They have an end-of-life responsibility for this garbage and they should be willing to help fund the solution. Okay, I said it.

[@hansscholte5472]

Everyone uses plastic bottles, but it was a terrible time-taking ‘delay-project’ of the industry before finally ‘deposit’ was made ‘the new reality’; in our country everyone is used to it now

[@consumablecorner150]

Install transfer stations at the most-used illegal dumping sites.

[@jodynoble8220]

I understand how the clean up works, but what are you doing with the plastic once it's collected?

[@oldschoolfan420]

Fishing industry worldwide needs to start cleaning up ghost nets.

[@Hungryforpresence]

Fantastic!!! Just about to launch my autoimmune recovery blog and planning to make you guys my first environmental fundraiser 🎉👌💝

[@FatherVideoGamer]

Well in a way they all should legally be liable for the waste. Ie help clean it up. The people who sell objects also need to take into account of where their stuff goes. 99% of everything we do either end in the trash or is stuck in time.

[@alicerowan4688]

I’m curious as to where all that trash goes that is collected. Is it recycled?

[@the-reading-lemon]

Do cargo ships cross the GPP? I don't know if there are any major shipping lanes in that area, but assuming two cargo ships had the same starting point and the same destination at the same time, couldn't they just casually drag one of the systems between them on their way through the GPP? They're moving that way anyway and would only need a small amount of additional fuel to make up for the extra weight caused by the drag, rather than The Ocean Cleanup having to send out ships specifically to go there and collect garbage. That could speed up the process and reduce the resources (fuel) needed.

[@tyharris78]

Love this idea as a way of contracting out the work. From my understanding most cargo goes through the Panama Canal and the patch is further south. However there are other patches and i still think this is something worth exploring.

[@dogelord144]

I think right now, it’s also important for celebrities and influencers to get involved more, namely ones like Mrbeast or any other person with significant social clout. Thanks for everything that you are doing :)

[@sophiethesloth]

I'm sure I'd heard somewhere about some kind of parasite bug something can could eat trash lol or have a dreamed that ,something to help disolve the patch

[@justinanovak8040]

I wonder though with hurricanes, floods and other natural events that wash things from cities (not rivers) that there would still be a need for this work.

[@manubolusai9692]

the detailed way of doing this can be published to get attention of the world, we need to let people know about this

[@reginadenson77]

When do we get to hold the fishing boat owners responsible for being the largest polluter of our oceans?

[@semiramisubw4864]

im pretty sure the largest pollution comes from rivers in poorer countrys where huge companys let produce and can safe money due to 0 regulations to handle waste at all

[@habitantedelatierra]

Hey guys How can I volunteer myself to work with you??

[@GudasWorld]

Rivian says it uses ocean plastic in their trucks. Wonder where they get it ;)

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

Consider doing a collaboration with this non profit organization called Ocean Conservation Namibia. They also have a KZbin channel as well. 👍🏿

[@JustinTime978]

We need to consider changes in how fishing nets are made.

[@plattcriceta1719]

What about the two most poluting sources, those two rivers in Asia, are those clean now and from now on in the future? If not, how can this be a finite effort??

[@tyharris78]

The study of “the most polluting rivers” was conducted by them. They are actively cleaning rivers including Malaysia.

[@christiananderson9015]

Please seek out federal grants

[@tiki915]

There so much money and wealthy person..come on people, lets cure the Oceans ❤❤

[@EuroWarsOrg]

It seems the majority of that waste is from the marine industry?

[@muminab9701]

👍👍👍

[@hilderenshof2476]

If i was a Millionaire i wouldve given you all my money 😢 i speak from the bottom of my heart. I would fund if i had the money. Sadly i am not even near by hundreds of miles

[@tyharris78]

Thanks ! I’ve recently asked about the expansion i feel seen. You guys can go to radio stations/podcasts and also do billboards these methods are still really effective. Get in on social media ads and sponsor small creators to promote. Also can pitch how the donations are tax write offs to larger corps/industries. I’m grateful for you guys work and efforts.

[@PaoloPazzaglia-re8wv]

Going back to the source… next step could be to stop the plastic packages production globally, somehow

[@crapisnice]

Here we see agendaNOW, like it should be and people should help with this and volunteer for free

[@marc_aussie]

Throw out a number. Never know who might be watching that can just write a big check

[@Michael-ln7us]

Maybe the fishing industry should be made to contribute to finances considering most of the catch is fishing related

[@jackojacko7358]

I mean lyondelBasell which is one of the highest plastic pellet producer world wide should fund this to an certain extent. Maybe even a tax for plastic producers to fund this project 🤷🏻‍♂️ idk let’s see what happens

[@BobQuigley]

What's needed is no more trash in rivers, streams, bodies of water. Cleaning is failure, preventing success

[@craig261]

Exactly how much money are we talking about here?

[@crapisnice]

You should public infographics of nanoplastic spreading from car tyres, polymer paints, agriculture plastic hoes irrigation, polymer clothing washing and of course plastic containers and fibres like these, that are being published by universities All plastic should be banned now, and this is opportunity to see their real devastating effects

[@dididimimi1489]

Why doesn’t Pepsi and coke and the water bottle companies and the fishing industry donate a billion dollars. They caused this problem.

[@xalasu2165]

But why do need?

[@dogelord144]

Plastic eventually breaks down into even smaller plastic, not visible to the human eye, and over time it gets into our food chain when animals and sea life eat it. Currently it does not pose any threat, even though there is microplastic going through our bloodstreams, but overtime it will become a significant health hazard. That’s also not to mention the huge damage it will do to the environment, namely by killing or injuring marine animals and harming the oceans ability to capture carbon.

[@pog757]

Ocean Cleanup Crypto..

[@joelbell242]

It will only get better if stop throwing their trash on the ground and reduce their amount of plastic waste, yeah that’s right! I’m talking to YOU! No not you. YES that one, you! yall know who you are.

[@mcteeny7609]

Companies can fund it and Solve the problem an then use it as a tax write off.

[@lakefviltuk1681]

Why use more word when less word do trick? edit: Aww they fixed it. I kinda liked the typo.

[@bryanlallen]

As an elevator pitch, I am NOT sold. Tell us what it is going to cost per unit weight; you must already have preliminary figures for this!

[@jipes]

I think you never really answering the question: How much of the plastic you removed is really able to be recycled a percentage ? 25% ? 50% ? More ?

[@tyharris78]

That actually has nothing to do with their work. Recycling and waste are separate industries with their own issues. Not all plastic is recyclable and the ones that are it cost more to process than making new plastic all together. A lot of landfills are operating over capacity and/or producing toxic gasses.

[@jipes]

@@tyharris78 Even if they are not doing it Boyan Slatt said that they conceived it through a business model which could help them to expand their cleaning activities so they should know how much is effectively recycled

[@Wakeupyal]

People like yall dont " go out of business", theres way too many miracles to perform... just like those you are getting done now.

[@dididimimi1489]

Why don’t the billionaires just pay for this? It seems so easy.

[@jimmyconway8025]

Seems commercial fishing gear is a huge part of this. China has buggest fleet of fishing vessels good luck getting any sort of help trom them. Also it'll all come back . There must be some way to get people to stop dumping shit into water ways and the land. Sad!

[@wolfman3295]

This is great in theory but trying to get criminal corporations really involved and idiot humans too is asking far too much. I used to sub to the Ocean Conservation Namibia channel and they would post stats after each seal rescue video that were shocking to put it mildly. You people do great work but are going up against what you don't know.