Progress report for
Achievement at a glance
The initiative led by The Ocean Cleanup Foundation has successfully released System 001 to its intended location in the Pacific and the cleanup has officially begun. System 001 underwent 14 days of trialing before embarking on the Great pacific garbage patch. On October 3rd, System 001 was arranged into its towing formation and subsequently, embarked on its journey to the Great Pacific garbage patch. On October 16th, System 001 made its way to the heart of the patch which was approximately 850 nautical miles from the trials location. Within the same day, System 001 was deployed back into its operational configuration, U-shape, so the 600-meter system could officially begin the process of clean up.
Submitted on
19 October, 2018
Progress Status
On track