Plastic Free(ish) Ocean by 2040? Plastic Free(ish) Ocean by 2040? Posted at September 2, 2018 in Clean-up by admin 0 The Ocean Cleanup, an effort that’s been five years in the making aims to launch its beta cleanup system – a 600-meter long floater by September 8, 2018. It is said that this system can clean up up to 5 tons of ocean per month. Read the full story here.