PLASTIC FREE SHIP - This is, probably, the cleanest ship in the world. It runs on hydrogen with solar assistance, and uses no GRP in the construction, being made of 100% recyclable 5083 marine alloy. GRP boats are held to be a major pollution issue, when they are illegally dumped in rivers and at sea. The ship also carries no single use plastic, with disposable items like toothbrushes, being made of wood. It's enough to make humpback whales broach for joy, as in this artists impression. KULO LUNA - Supports the UN's World Environment Day, June 5th, on beating plastic pollution. Thankyou UNEP.  Love, KuloLuna

"Be the solution, not the pollution."

OCEAN CLEANING PROJECTS - [Left to Right]. The Clearbot-Neo is a harbour boat that cleans up to 1 ton of trash a day, using onboard AI and Microsoft's Aure cloud based software. The team hope to expand from one catamaran to many thousands, to operate in fleets, to keep oceans clean. The Cleaner Ocean Foundation was developing this versatile plastic filtrating vessel as a solution until 2020, hitting a funding brick-wall - now lobbying for a common sense ban on plastics via a 7 Point Plan. The Baltimore river skimmer has collected hundreds of tons of litter since 2014 - nice one! The Ocean Cleanup Project founded by Boyan Slat in 2012, was aiming to float 60 giant floating booms to scoop the plastic poop in the Pacific Garbage Patch. In 2019 he began operating Interceptor river skimmers. Well done Boyan!

INSHORE CLEANING PROJECTS - [Left] In the US Alex Schulze and Andrew Cooper moved offshore with their Ocean Plastic Recovery Vessel in 2019. [Centre left] Hugo Tagholm is the chief executive of Surfers Against Sewage, a British charity aimed at improving water quality. [Centre right] SeaBin is being installed in marinas all over the world helping stop litter entering the oceans. [Right] 18 year old scientist Fionn Ferreira has a method for extracting microplastics from water using magnetite, winner of a Google science prize in July 2019. Well done all!