Numbers behind the work. Sources belong on each fact.
The Ocean Cleanup reported 60 million kilograms of plastic removed as of July 2026 — their biggest year ever was 2025, with 25 million kilograms alone.
About 1,000 rivers contribute most riverine plastic reaching the ocean, per a Science Advances riverine-plastic study.
The site target: for every tree removed, three go in.
Orbital compute radiates heat into space and does not use water for cooling — while U.S. data centers use about 17 billion gallons of water yearly.