4PLANET IMPACT / PROJECT
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup
Operating ocean-cleanup programme using System 03 while developing improved hotspot detection and removal efficiency.
- Problem
- Ocean plastic pollution
- Place
- North Pacific Ocean
- Organisations
- The Ocean Cleanup
- Method
- Offshore plastic extraction
- Review state
- SOURCE-CHECKED
What the sources establish
A July 2026 operations update describes ongoing work to improve hotspot detection and maximise plastic removal efficiency.
source checked · source reported · operational update — The Ocean Cleanup — July 2026 operations update
Limitation: Organisation-reported operations; full ecological impact accounting not independently verified by 4PLANET
The Ocean Cleanup states that System 03 is its current cleanup system operating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
source checked · source reported · operational status — The Ocean Cleanup — System 03 FAQ / operational record
Limitation: Organisation-reported operations; full ecological impact accounting not independently verified by 4PLANET
What this record does not establish
4PLANET has not reviewed this project under its own method. No 4PLANET partnership, funding or verified ecological outcome is recorded.
Sources
The image is an issue visual, not project photography.