He is the founder and chief executive of The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that aims to remove plastic pollution from the oceans. His team does this cleaning in two main ways: by dragging nets across areas where plastic accumulates, such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of debris in the North Pacific Ocean; and by intercepting waste in rivers before it reaches the sea. They want to reduce ocean plastic pollution by 90% by 2040. https://www.facebook.com/groups/climateandenvironmentnews/permalink/10160488955635115/?sfnsn=mo&ref=share&mibextid=ktaAd4