In a very important development, plastic collected during OceanHero-funded projects in Manado and Siladen, Indonesia is now being used for bricks that can be used in building construction. “There have also been cleanups in Portugal, Italy, Netherlands and Germany and they do hope to work in Greece eventually,” the organization notes. Most cleanups have taken place in India, Indonesia, Dominican Republic and Philippines. “So far the search engine has raised more than $90,000. The company also recently signed a partnership with Microsoft which allows it to show search results powered by Microsoft’s own search engine, “Bing.” The agreement also allows Microsoft advertisers to show their ads on OceanHero.Īsked by Greek Reporter how much of every online search is donated to ocean cleanups, officials state “So far, 100% of the profits (and even some of the founders’ private funds) have gone to the cleanup efforts. In addition, through partnerships with Plastic Bank, Waste Free Oceans, and Trash Waste Solutions, the plastic recovery process provides life-sustaining jobs for people who otherwise would be living in extreme poverty. In the last seven months, OceanHero users have helped prevent 21 million plastic bottles from entering the ocean.įor every five searches users perform on Ocean Hero, they help recover one plastic bottle from the world’s oceans and seas. However, unlike other search engines, OceanHero searches benefit the planet. The new search engine is what really drives the effort, however and it works just like any other search engine, the organization says. OceanHero explains that advertisers pay the organization whenever viewers click on their ads, allowing them to help pay for the collection of ocean-borne plastics around the world.

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