Big Blue Ocean Cleanup
Formation27 February 2018; 5 years ago (2018-02-27)[1]
FounderRory Sinclair[2]
Founded atYork
Legal statusnonprofit organization
PurposeCleaning the oceans[3]
Websitewww.bigblueoceancleanup.org

Big Blue Ocean Cleanup (est. in 2018) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with offices in York (UK), Vancouver (Canada), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Sydney (Australia). It is focused on cleaning beaches and the oceans, protecting wildlife, ocean research and innovative technologies development.

History

Big Blue Ocean Cleanup was established on 27 February 2018, by Rory Sinclair.[1]

In March 2019, it supported the “Cash for trash” initiative, launched by an APEM freshwater consultancy.[4][5]

On 22 April 2020 (the Earth Day), Big Blue Ocean Cleanup was featured in Zac Efron’s documentary The Great Global Clean Up, aired on Discovery Channel.[6][7] In May 2020, Big Blue Ocean Cleanup’s volunteers were involved in removing the remainants of a large fin whale from the Clacton-on-Sea beach in Essex.[8][9][10] In September 2020, the organization partnered with the team of Scottish rowers on their Northwest Passage expedition, planned for 2021. Team members will to collect data for the Big Blue Ocean Cleanup, including micro plastic content in the water.[11][12]

Initiatives

Beaches cleanup

Cleaning up beaches is the main activity of Big Blue Ocean Cleanup.[2] These events are being organized by the non-profit ambassadors and involve various communities, from company workers to students, to local volunteers.[13][14]

"Ocean Savior" project

In October 2018, Big Blue Ocean Cleanup’s experts supported Ocean Saviour project, an initiative of Richard W. Roberts and Simon White, founders of TheYachtMarket.com, to build self-powering 70m tri-deck clean-up vessel, which will retrieve and recycle plastic from the ocean.[15][16]

Sponsors

The non-profit is supported mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises (some examples being search-engine Ekoru, Subsea Expo, provider of marine engineering services James Fisher & Sons and packaging supplier Storopack).[17][18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Big Blue Ocean Cleanup Limited". Companies House. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Clifford, Chris. "The Big Blue Ocean Cleanup". Onboard Magazine (Autumn 2020): 19. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Vision and Mission". Big Blue Ocean Cleanup. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "APEM kicks off cash-for-trash charity initiative". APEM. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ Whitear, Sam (23 April 2019). "Cash-for-trash initiative looks to save Britain's waterways". Business Manchester. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Discovery Channel Celebrates Planet Earth with specials featuring Zac Efron, Forrest Galante, and Josh Gates on April 22" (Press release). Discovery Channel. 13 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. ^ Roberts, AJ (23 April 2020). "50 years of Earth Day". Quinnipiac University. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. ^ Snuggs, Tania (29 May 2020). "Large whale washes up at Clacton-on-Sea beach in Essex". Sky News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  9. ^ Ingram, Paige (2 June 2020). "Fin whale that washed up on UK beach with punctured lung was hit by ship". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  10. ^ Williams, Angus (30 May 2020). "Washed up whale removed from Clacton beach". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  11. ^ Russell, Fiona (15 September 2020). "North to Alaska as intrepid Scots rowers launch bid to traverse infamous route through Arctic Ocean". The Sunday Post. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  12. ^ Erskine, Rosalind (30 September 2020). "Orkney Distilling Limited to launch new gin in support of Northwest Passage expedition". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  13. ^ Hadjioannou, Bouli (24 July 2019). "Big Blue Ocean Cleanup sets high targets on a plastic free ocean". In-Cyprus. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  14. ^ Talibart, Rachael; Parkin, Charlotte (6 October 2020). "Tides and Tempests". On Landscape (226). Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  15. ^ "How to tackle ocean plastic". Practical Boat Owner. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020 – via PressReader.
  16. ^ Spary, Sara (19 September 2018). "This Giant Boat Can Hoover Up Rubbish From The Ocean Like A Massive Floating Vacuum Cleaner". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  17. ^ Fox, MeiMei (19 January 2020). "How The Search Engine Ekoru Is Cleaning Up Our Oceans". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Subsea UK joins fight against ocean pollution". Aberdeen Business News. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  19. ^ "How James Fisher and Sons plc is supporting World Oceans Day" (Press release). James Fisher & Sons. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  20. ^ Corbin, Tony (18 October 2018). "Storopack supports Big Blue Ocean Cleanup". packagingnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

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