On Friday, 19 September 2025, the world made history. The High Seas Treaty was officially ratified, a milestone nearly twenty years in the making. First introduced by the United Nations (UN) in 2023, the treaty was created to protect marine biodiversity in areas...
Amsterdam, 13 October 2025 – The Great Bubble Barrier is proud to announce that it has been selected as a finalist for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2026 in the Water category. Out of 7,761 submissions from around the world, only 33 finalists were chosen across six...
Amsterdam, 20 August 2025 – Since its launch in 2019, Bubble Barrier Amsterdam has successfully intercepted more than 1,000,000 pieces of plastic from the city’s waterways, marking a major milestone in the fight against plastic pollution. The innovative technology,...
There is an estimated 200 million tonnes of plastic in our oceans and at the current rate, ocean plastic pollution could increase by half as much again within the next 10 years [1]. Robust, harmonised regulation is critical to reducing both plastic production and...
Plastic is a useful and durable material, so why do we use it for items that we will discard in a second? In a world where we are so dependent on plastic, what are the alternatives? In this blog post, we meet five plastic-free innovators who developed an alternative...
