River Trashboom I

May 13, 2020

During our stay in Indonesia we installed our first trashboom with Plastic Fischer. This floating system block plastic from floating into the bigger rivers and ocean. It activated the local community to cleanup and creates awareness on the trash problem. It's a very good fit with our mission at River Cleanup. More news about what we are up to in 2020 soon!

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750 teams join River Cleanup World

Brussels, June 6, 2021 - Every year, around 8 billion kilograms of waste end up in our seas and oceans. To change this, River Cleanup organized River Cleanup World on Sunday, June 6, 2021. With countless small-scale, local initiatives worldwide, River Cleanup aims to prove that we all can make a difference. Over 750 actions took place in 45 countries along 160 rivers, making this second edition a huge success.

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Historical moment: 1.000.000kg river waste collected

On June 6th we officially collected our 1.000.000th kg of river waste along one of the most polluted rivers in the world! This is the work of over 120.000 volunteers, starting almost 2000 actions in 45 countries in the past 4 years! We are very thankful and proud for this huge milestone, and are even more motivated to collect more in the coming months and years!

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Trawl Technology tested in Wouri

On River Cleanup World, a WFO Trawl was tested together with partner organization Waste Free Oceans and Environment and Food Foundation. Objective is to collect floating debris on the river surface and free the river

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