Clean Oceans International
{{Short description|American environmental organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Clean Oceans International
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| founded_date = 2009
| founder = {{unbulleted list|Jim Holm{{Cite web|title=Clean Oceans International|url=https://hydroheart.org/project/clean-oceans-international/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=HydroHeart|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Hamel|first=Jessi|date=2011-04-20|title=From Trash to Fuel|url=https://goodtimes.sc/uncategorized/from-trash-to-fuel/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Good Times Santa Cruz|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Turning the Ocean's Plastic Into Fuel|url=https://www.kazu.org/post/turning-oceans-plastic-fuel|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.kazu.org|language=en}}|(Co-founder)|Nick Drobac{{Cite web|title=Clean Oceans International|url=https://hydroheart.org/project/clean-oceans-international/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=HydroHeart|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Hamel|first=Jessi|date=2011-04-20|title=From Trash to Fuel|url=https://goodtimes.sc/uncategorized/from-trash-to-fuel/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Good Times Santa Cruz|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Turning the Ocean's Plastic Into Fuel|url=https://www.kazu.org/post/turning-oceans-plastic-fuel|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.kazu.org|language=en}}|(Co-founder)}}
| location = Santa Cruz, California
| origins =
| key_people = Captain Jim "Homer" Holm
Executive Director
| area_served = International
| product =
| focus = Ocean plastic pollution
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| num_volunteers = 1,000
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| homepage = [http://www.cleanoceansinternational.org/ cleanoceansinternational.org]
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Clean Oceans International, originally The Clean Oceans Project, is an ocean-oriented environmental organization founded in 2009 as an IRS 501c3 public benefit corporation. Clean Oceans International seeks to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans through a comprehensive global approach that includes research, technical innovation, public awareness, and efficient plastic waste management.{{cite web|title=The Response|url=http://thecleanoceansproject.com/?page_id=18|publisher=The Clean Oceans Project|accessdate=24 April 2014}}{{cite web|last=Jennings|first=Cheryl|title=Radar used to monitor currents in the bay|url=https://abc7news.com/archive/8716659/|publisher=KGO-TV|access-date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425002532/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Fenvironment&id=8716659|archive-date=25 April 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Fairchilds|first=Kirsten|title=Annie Morhauser, Annieglass to host Clean Oceans Project talk|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/watsonville/ci_24421477/annie-morhauser-annieglass-host-clean-oceans-project-talk|publisher=Santa Cruz Sentinel|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425003921/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/watsonville/ci_24421477/annie-morhauser-annieglass-host-clean-oceans-project-talk|archive-date=25 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
COI is based in Santa Cruz, California on the Santa Cruz Harbor, gateway to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.{{cite web|title=Santa Cruz Harbor: Businesses Listings|url=http://www.santacruzharbor.org/businessListBusinesses.htm#TCOP|publisher=Santa Cruz Port District (Santa Cruz, California)|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425004141/http://www.santacruzharbor.org/businessListBusinesses.htm#TCOP|archive-date=25 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
Plastic-to-fuel conversion strategy
Approximately 80 percent of marine plastic pollution is generated from single-use polymer products that originate from land-based sources.{{cite web|last=Mosko|first=Sarah|title=Mid-Ocean Plastics Cleanup Schemes: Too Little Too Late?|url=http://www.emagazine.com/blog/mid-ocean-plastics-cleanup-schemes-too-little-too-late|publisher=E-The Environmental Magazine|accessdate=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212044741/http://www.emagazine.com/blog/mid-ocean-plastics-cleanup-schemes-too-little-too-late|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status=dead}} Clean Oceans International (COI) promotes conversion of the plastic waste into valuable liquid fuels, including gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, using plastic-to-fuel conversion technology. environmental engineering company.{{cite web|title=Jim Holm: The Clean Oceans Project|url=http://tedxgramercy.com/talk?a96d952bade720720be27c4bc50018fe|publisher=TEDxGramercy|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210180721/http://tedxgramercy.com/talk?a96d952bade720720be27c4bc50018fe|archive-date=10 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Hamel|first=Jessi|title=From Trash to Fuel|url=http://www.gtweekly.com/index.php/santa-cruz-news/santa-cruz-environmental-news/2392-from-trash-to-fuel.html|publisher=Santa Cruz Good Times|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-date=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425003518/http://www.gtweekly.com/index.php/santa-cruz-news/santa-cruz-environmental-news/2392-from-trash-to-fuel.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=West|first=Amy E.|title=Santa Cruz nonprofit hopes to make fuel from ocean-based plastic|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19658573|work=San Jose Mercury News|accessdate=24 April 2014}}
COI plans to educate local communities and create a financial incentive for them to recycle plastic, keep their shorelines clean, and minimize plastic waste.
Research efforts
COI is conducting research with nonprofit, academic, and government organizations including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Turtle Island Restoration Network.{{cite web|last=Corby|first=Rhiannon|title=Ocean dump cleanup: Nonprofit has plans for 4-million ton trash trap off Santa Cruz coastline|url=http://www.montereyherald.com/topic/ci_15496161|publisher=Monterey Herald|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425003826/http://www.montereyherald.com/topic/ci_15496161|archive-date=25 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=ABC & NBC News Feature Collaborative Plastic Pollution Recovery Project to Save Sea Turtles|url=https://seaturtles.org/newssection/abc-nbc-news-feature-collaborative-plastic-pollution-recovery-project-to-save-sea-turtles/|publisher=Turtle Island Restoration Network|accessdate=24 April 2014}}
= Education =
COI is also working in collaboration with the Cabrillo Community College science department on an ocean debris survey pilot program.{{cite web|last=Merrill, Ph.D.|first=Michelle Y.|title=Flex Week Activities: Responding to Plastics in Our Oceans & Our Inner Otters|url=http://cabrillogreensteps.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/flex-week-activity-responding-to-plastics-in-our-oceans-our-inner-otters/|publisher=Cabrillo GreenSteps Blog|accessdate=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425033832/http://cabrillogreensteps.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/flex-week-activity-responding-to-plastics-in-our-oceans-our-inner-otters/|archive-date=25 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|cleanoceansinternational.org}}
Category:501(c)(3) organizations
Category:Environmental organizations based in California