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FOOTPRINTS ON KATMAI
The film "Footprints on Katmai" reveals the alarming amount of shoes and other debris on a remote Alaskan island. Our partners at Oregon State University have sent over a dozen students to Kodiak, Alaska over the past five years to aid in the Katmai clean-up. Currently, four students are helping the Ocean Plastics Recovery Project to establish a facility to sort and recycle the collected waste using both mechanical and chemical processes. This includes utilizing the first small-scale, commercial-style Portable Plastic Waste Converter (PPWC) built in the US for Clean Oceans International, intended for research and educational purposes. This beautiful film emphasizes the global connectivity we share and our collective responsibility to address consumer waste.
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Good Times Santa Cruz , June 2023
Clean Oceans International, under the umbrella of the Santa Cruz Alliance for Ocean Conservation hosted their first semi-annual Corcoran Lagoon Coastal Cleanup on May 27, 2023. It was a small but mighty cleanup, preventing over 40lbs of trash from entering the waterways of Santa Cruz ...[Read more...]
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KPIX5 News San Francisco, October 2022In late 2022, KPIX5 News San Francisco took a closer look at Clean Oceans International (COI) and their campaign to bring Portable Plastic to Fuel (PPTF) conversion to Santa Cruz, Ca.
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Latittude 38 Magazine – Dec 2017 pg 59
Ten years ago, Captain Jim 'Homer' Holm was in Panama waiting for a weather window, when he came across a tiny island covered in trash and got an idea. Holm has been a sailing captain for some 40 years, running charters out of Hawaii and his native … [Read more...]
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The Chemical Engineer Magazine – July/August 2017
Turning Ocean Trash into Cash. “We’re not telling anybody that we have the one single solution, but we pretty firmly believe that plastic-to-fuel conversion can be a very valuable part of an overall response." By Jim … [Read more...]
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Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel – April 2017Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world’s oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable … [Read more...]
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One Sailboat Captain’s dream for Clean Oceans – April 2017
A sailboat captain has teamed up with an organic chemist to combat plastic pollution. James Holm, a sailboat captain with 40 years of experience, shared a pivotal moment at the April 2017 ACS annual meeting. While seeking shelter from a hurricane in 2008 on a small Panamanian island... [Read More...]
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253rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society – April 2017
Click above for a handful of videos and articles on innovative approaches to combat plastic pollution in oceans by converting waste into diesel fuel for ships. Clean Oceans International (COI) is highlighted for developing a small-scale, portable plastic-to-fuel conversion system. This technology... [Read More...]
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The Journal of Ocean Technology (JOT) – July 2016jot-article.pdfClean Oceans International (COI), based in Santa Cruz, California, addresses plastic pollution through research, community engagement, and innovative waste management. Collaborating with academic and governmental entities, COI conducts ocean debris surveys and educates communities on recycling. They promote a portable... [Read More...]
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Adventure Sports Journal – May 2016
Founder of Clean Oceans International, Jim "Homer" Holm is dedicated to cleaning ocean plastics and educating future stewards. After years at sea, he launched his nonprofit to combat the estimated 5.25 trillion plastic debris pieces. Through partnerships with Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz... [Read More...]
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