10 Most Important Companies in the World

5. The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit company with the objective of ridding oceans of 90% of the floating plastic, which is a huge undertaking. To this end, The Ocean Cleanup develops artificial coastlines to concentrate ocean plastic at scale. 

The artificial coastline systems comprise U-shaped barriers that guide plastic into retention zones at their far ends. The Ocean Cleanup uses artificial intelligence and computer modeling to predict plastic waste hot spots and places its coastlines there.  

The company expects to clean up 90% of the floating ocean plastic by 2040. It is the biggest player in its domain, and has a total funding of $35.4 million to date, with the latest grant in 2020 amounting to $1 million.