in 2018) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with offices in York (UK), Vancouver (Canada), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Sydney (Australia).
[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.
Team members will to collect data for the Big Blue Ocean Cleanup, including micro plastic content in the water.
[15][16] 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).