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From river plastic to new products: New partnership connects the entire value chain
Capturing plastic before it reaches the ocean is one thing. Creating the business model and value chain needed to keep collection systems running is another. Through the Riverguard Initiative, Ocean Plastic Forum, All In On Green and Clean – the Danish Water and...
3.4 tons of ghost nets removed from the seabed in Øresund
After several years of mapping and an intensive removal effort, approximately 3.4 tonnes of abandoned fishing nets have now been recovered from the seabed in Øresund. The result marks an important milestone in our project Havets Spøgelser (Ghosts of the Sea), in which...
Webinar: Mitigation Roadmap for cities to reduce riverine litter
From monitoring to mitigation: A practical roadmap for cities to reduce local riverine litter pollution Online webinarDate: 27 August 2026Time: 09:30–10:30 (CEST)Free registration Sign up here An estimated 80% of marine litter originates from land-based activities,...
Success story video COP
From local action to regional impact: Tackling ocean-bound plastic in the Baltic Sea As a partner in the Circular Ocean-bound Plastic (COP) project, Ocean Plastic Forum has spent the past three years working alongside organisations from Denmark, Germany, Poland, and...
From Beach to Big Bags: OBP Certification Achieved
The From Beach to Big Bags (FBBB) project has reached an important milestone in its efforts to build transparent and accountable value chains for ocean-bound plastic. The collection and traceability processes within the project’s value chain have now been certified...
Training Underway in Chennai as part of the project From Beach to Big Bags
Training and capability building activities are currently underway in Chennai, India, as part of the From Beach to Big Bags project. Together with local partners, the project works to strengthen safer and more transparent waste management practices while supporting...
Floating waste barrier installed in Freetown, Sierra Leone
The floating waste barrier, which we in collaboration with local partners and Propel Organization, have been wokring to install over the last few months, has now finally been deployed in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The project, carried out in partnership with Engineers...
Presenting the first link in the FBBB value chain: Local waste pickers
In Chennai, the From Beach to Big Bag (FBBB) value chain begins with the people who make plastic recovery possible in practice: local waste pickers. Working in collaboration with our scrap-shop partner Sri Nattar Devi Waste Paper Mart, the participating waste pickers...
Official Opening Ceremony at Buckingham Canal
On the 27th of January, we held the official opening ceremony for our floating waste barrier in Buckingham Canal, Chennai. The day brought together local communities, academic institutions, authorities, and international partners for a shared conversation on plastic...
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