When Plastic Odyssey set out to sail around the world, the first question was practical: where should they go? The answer depended on first finding where plastic pollution was most critical and leakage the highest....
Plastic Odyssey has conducted three remote island expeditions across the Pacific and Indian Ocean: to Henderson Island, Coco Island and Aldabra Atoll. Each presented radically different challenges: razor-sharp limestone, underestimated waste quantities and ecosystem fragility...
Logistically challenging, ecologically sensitive, rarely visited by humans and covered in plastic. Plastic Odyssey is committing to cleaning up some of the most remote and polluted UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites....
The UN Plastics Treaty is intended to become the first legally binding global agreement to end plastic pollution. Negotiations have taken place through Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meetings where 184 countries debate potential treaty text...
Plastic pollution is on the rise—and even the world’s most protected marine ecosystems are not immune. On the occasion of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, Plastic Odyssey and UNESCO announce a...
After months of preparation, the Plastic Odyssey teams arrived on Henderson Island on February 12, 2024 and succeeded, thanks to innovative low-tech solutions, in cleaning up the beach designated as the most polluted in the...
In the heart of the South Pacific lies Henderson Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but sadly designated as the world's most polluted island. Its beaches, where tons of waste are dumped, are a striking...
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