Ocean cleanup
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Development of model: Kees Mackenbach, Sander Oudmaijer, Bob Groenhuijsen.Writers of white paper: Vincent Viool, Jorg Schalekamp, Abhishek Gupta, en Laurens Petten.It was a great experience to work with everyone at The Ocean Cleanup and Deloitte to provide this important, and first, comprehensive view of the economic impact of plastic pollution worldwide.' Over the course of 1-2 years, we collaborated with many experts from The Ocean Cleanup & Deloitte Global to assess & combine these studies, gather global data, and create a model that could give us an estimate of the total economic impact per country. Kees: ' Before starting the assessment, various international studies had already indicated the impact of plastic pollution on several sectors in specific countries (such as fishing and/or tourism in the EU). Kees Mackenbach and other Deloitte collegues developed a comprehensive model to calculate the global economic impact of plastic pollution, and the results are quite shocking. However there is also a financial impact of plastic pollution which has not been discussed in detail yet. Read more about the Core team.Īn increasing number of initiatives and studies have put the spotlight on the environmental damage caused by marine plastic pollution. Deloitte colleagues who participated in these projects share their experiences for The Ocean Cleanup in blogs and articles on various topics. We were there during the reveal of the Interceptor and the economic assessment of the price tag of plastic pollution. In the past years, Deloitte was present during the launch of Wilson (System 001) and the successor, System 001/B.
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And I am very happy we renewed our partnership for another three years last year. Since 2017, we support The Ocean Cleanup through a partnership with the Deloitte Impact Foundation. The Ocean Cleanup conducts global research and builds scalable cleaning systems for oceans and rivers. “Plastic pollution in our world’s oceans and rivers is a big environmental, economic and health problem. The Ocean Cleanup is an organization that fits our purpose very well”, Alie Snijders, Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting and Core team lead, says.
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Not only on our clients, but also on society. It also shows we don't have to give up.“As Deloitte, we want to make an impact. We are solving a serious environmental problem with the cleanup. She adds, "I'm convinced our project does give hope, not false hope. If no one goes and gets it, it will stay out there." We have contributed to this problem since the 1950s, as humanity. "Also, this problem is not as simple as 'Let's just clean it up in the ocean and the problem goes away.' "Generally, the large problems of the world are quite often more complicated than it looks," Holierhoek said. Yes, there is still plastic coming into the system every day. Yes, there five garbage patches out there. In short, this isn't a silver bullet, but it's a pretty good weapon against an environmental threat. The organization has responded to those concerns pretty extensively.
Ocean cleanup Patch#
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest. There are, after all, five garbage patches out there. The project is not without its critics, who say The Ocean Cleanup is literally skimming the surface of the problem. "If we can improve the quality of those estimates, then we can improve our engineering for any follow-up systems," she said.Ī System 002 will need to undergo and pass additional tests before the fleet is deployed. In the meantime, with System 001, there are numerous sub-goals, such as measurements and inspections to monitor the beta's behavior or potential wear and tear, and collecting information on waves and climate. A rendering of the tow-out of the cleanup system.