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A groundbreaking barrier will soon stop hundreds of tons of plastic from reaching Manila Bay each year. The Ocean Cleanup is bringing its proven technology to the Meycauayan River, marking a major win for the Philippines' fight against ocean pollution.
More than 2,000 volunteers just smashed a Guinness World Record while pulling 100,000 pounds of trash from Milwaukee's rivers. What started as an Earth Week celebration turned into the world's largest multi-river cleanup ever recorded.
Over 2,000 volunteers just made history by setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest multi-location river cleanup, pulling more than 100,000 pounds of trash from Milwaukee's waterways. The 31st annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper cleanup proves that when communities come together, extraordinary things happen.
The city of Kochi in India is making a major river restoration possible by compensating 80 families with generous financial packages before they relocate. Each family received roughly $17,000 to help them start fresh while protecting a vital waterway.
Over 4,000 volunteers will gather across Milwaukee on April 25 to clean local rivers and attempt to break the world record for the largest single-day river cleanup. The annual tradition has quietly surpassed the current record for years without official recognition.
A 19-year-old in Madhya Pradesh spent six weeks cleaning the polluted Ajnar River alone, removing over two truckloads of waste. Now families are returning to the once-abandoned riverbanks.
A 19-year-old showed up every single day to clean a river his entire city had given up on. His solo mission is bringing the Ajnar River back to life.
Volunteers across north Georgia came together for "Sweep the Hooch," pulling trash from the beloved Chattahoochee River. Hundreds of people donated their Saturday to protect the waterway that provides drinking water for millions.
A father's love for his son inspired him to abandon hotel plans and instead create Blanco Pitaya, a cloud forest reserve protecting one of Mexico's rarest ecosystems. Just four hours from Mexico City, the reserve uses ecotourism and river cleanups to save a habitat that shelters ocelots, rare frogs, and thousands of species.
Once-polluted rivers in Addis Ababa are now thriving green spaces where families relax and businesses bloom. African water experts say Ethiopia's transformation shows the continent can solve its own environmental challenges.
Two donated trucks are helping remove 20,000 tons of plastic from Guatemalan rivers before it reaches the Caribbean Sea. The partnership between Kia and The Ocean Cleanup is protecting marine life and coastal communities across Central America.
Two new trucks are helping transport 20,000 tons of intercepted river plastic each year in Guatemala before it reaches the Caribbean Sea. The donation strengthens a partnership that's already pulled massive amounts of waste from critical waterways.
After 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River, crews working around the clock have finished emergency repairs in under two months. The cleanup comes just in time for America's 250th birthday celebrations this summer.
When Shubham Kumar saw plastic choking the Ganga River in Patna, he didn't just complain. He showed up every Sunday with volunteers, sparking a movement that's removed over 308,000 pounds of plastic and revived 16,000 livelihoods.
A cleanup organization shared stunning time-lapse footage showing how they extracted 140 tons of garbage from a polluted river. The visual transformation from trash-choked waterway to flowing river is giving people hope that environmental damage can be reversed.
The Ocean Cleanup just had its biggest year yet, removing over 25 million kilograms of plastic from the world's waters in 2025. The Dutch nonprofit is now shifting strategy to stop pollution at its source before it ever reaches the ocean.
Indonesia is launching a major initiative to stop plastic pollution before it reaches the ocean, with grants up to $300,000 for organizations ready to clean rivers and mobilize communities. The program targets two key regions through 2027, focusing on upstream solutions that could be replicated across the nation. #
The Ocean Cleanup is bringing its high-tech river cleanup program to Manila, targeting plastic pollution before it reaches the ocean. The Philippines contributes 0.75 million metric tons of mismanaged plastic to the ocean annually.