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The Great Bubble Barrier Named Finalist for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2026

The Great Bubble Barrier Named Finalist for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2026

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...
Bubble Barrier Amsterdam Captures Over 1 Million Pieces of Plastic – A Milestone for Cleaner Waterways

Bubble Barrier Amsterdam Captures Over 1 Million Pieces of Plastic – A Milestone for Cleaner Waterways

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,...
Bubble Barrier Harlingen catches plastic before it flows into the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 

Bubble Barrier Harlingen catches plastic before it flows into the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 

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...
European project MAELSTROM launches a Bubble Barrier in Portugal to catch Plastic in the Ave River at Vila do Conde

European project MAELSTROM launches a Bubble Barrier in Portugal to catch Plastic in the Ave River at Vila do Conde

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...
First Community-Led Bubble Barrier Stops Plastic Pollution From Entering the North Sea

First Community-Led Bubble Barrier Stops Plastic Pollution From Entering the North Sea

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...
Research on the Bubble Barrier’s Caught Waste by the Plastic Soup Foundation

Research on the Bubble Barrier’s Caught Waste by the Plastic Soup Foundation

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...
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