• Mission
  • Management
  • philanthropic activities
    • Amsterdam UMC CCA
    • African Parks
    • Rijksmuseum Project Nachtwacht
    • SOS Children's Village Ukraine
    • Stichting Het Rijksmuseum
    • The Ocean Cleanup
    • Van Gogh Museum
  • Previous philanthropic activities
    • AMREF Flying Doctors
    • CARE Nederland
    • DKMS
    • Prinses Maxima Centrum
    • SOS Children's Village Senegal
    • SOS Children's Village Togo
    • Stichting Het Rijksmuseum
    • Yayasan Sayap Ibu Pusat, Indonesia
    • Wildlife Conservation Society
    • WWF
  • Financials
  • ANBI
  • Contact
The Bennink Foundation
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Safeguarding the planet

The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. It is the only operation in the world that has developed a large-scale solution to approach the ocean plastic pollution problem. Eventually targeting all five accumulation zones, known as gyres, The Ocean Cleanup aims to clean 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the largest of the five, in just five years; and 90% of all the gyres by 2040.
 
Using natural ocean forces (wind, wind waves and currents) a fleet of 60 passive, U-shaped systems will concentrate the floating debris in this gyre, allowing for collection once every 6-8 weeks. System 001 was launched in 2018 but was brought back to shore due to unscheduled learning opportunities. System 001/B will be relaunched in June 2019 to test solutions for the challenges previously faced.
The Bennink Foundation is, since 2018, supporting The Ocean Cleanup’s mission to eradicate ocean plastic, with a focus on the design and engineering of all subsequent systems. It has also confirmed its commitment through 2020.
Contact:
The Bennink Foundation, RSIN:818818670
P.O. Box 103, 1250 AC Laren (NH)
The Netherlands

info@benninkfoundation.com

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