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,...
APRIL 18, 2024, HARLINGEN – This UNESCO World Heritage Day, we celebrate the implementation of Bubble Barrier Harlingen – the first Bubble Barrier to stop plastic pollution from flowing into the UNESCO World Heritage site the Wadden Sea. Citizens and...
VILA DO CONDE, 25 November 2023 – Project MAELSTROM brings together a consortium of 14 international partners with the mission to investigate and implement innovative technologies for the identification, collection, recycling, and recovery of marine litter. As...
MAY 2022 – What started in 2018 as an initiative of concerned citizens, has now grown into a unique, widely supported mission to tackle plastic pollution in the Katwijk region, The Netherlands. This movement has led to the implementation of an innovative...
AMSTERDAM, September 15, 2020 – In the run-up to this Saturday’s World Cleanup Day 2020 a research alliance into the plastic catch of the Bubble Barrier at the Westerdok in Amsterdam is announced. The Plastic Soup Foundation has partnered with Dutch start-up The...