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...
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 part of the ‘removal’ of marine litter,...
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 solution against plastic...
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 16TH SEPTEMBER 2021 – This World Clean Up Day, The Great Bubble Barrier is excited to announce its participation to project MAELSTROM, which will see the implementation of the first Bubble Barrier outside of The Netherlands. This new...
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...
AMSTERDAM, November 7, 2019 – Today, the first Bubble Barrier was launched in the Westerdok in Amsterdam. The Bubble Barrier is a bubble screen and removes plastic from the water of the Amsterdam canals. This prevents canal plastic from flowing into the North Sea....
