They support us

MTB became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in April 2017 because it is essential #Forourchildren.  

A committed French SME, MTB has been, for 40 years, the only recycler in the world manufacturing recycling solutions (equipment and engineering).The  company is recognized worldwide for its ability to innovate and support manufacturers in their eco-design approach.  In order to be an actor of a better world for our children, the company has naturally positioned itself, from April 2017, alongside the association The SeaCleaners as a financial and technical partner. It has taken charge of all the integration studies for the collection, sorting, compacting and storage unit that the MANTA will embark on board. It will also be in charge of its construction. An essential part of the vessel for its ocean depollution mission.  

With more than 300 centers in France, Entendre is a 100% French and independent cooperative owned by its members.

For over 40 years, Entendre hearing aid practitioners have been accompanying, advising and caring for the hearing impaired. Aware of the health issues of the hearing impaired since the beginning, Entendre’s hearing aid practitioners have naturally turned to environmental health.

Since October 2021, Entendre has become a corporate partner and is committed to supporting THE SEA CLEANERS in its missions to save the oceans and the planet’s well-being.

Commitment, listening, support and involvement are the key words of Entendre’s hearing care professionals.

The Groupe Monassier, the notarial practices of it’s network and the law firm BH& Associés became Corporate Partners of The SeaCleaners in 2022 because, at a time of climate change, acting to preserve our environment is no longer an option.

Committed to a strategy of integration, the Monassier Group is for the first time implementing a CSR policy throughout its network.

Sharing values of concreteness, long-term vision, seriousness, solidarity and innovation, the meeting between the notaries, lawyers and employees of the Groupe Monassier and the SeaCleaners teams was an obvious choice. The involvement of everyone in this project seemed to us to be a formidable lever for action, both externally and internally.

This support unites the more than 900 notaries, lawyers and employees who, as part of their CSR policy, wish to act concretely and together.

Barbier became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2018. In this way, we intend to make a lasting contribution to the preservation of our environment, and in particular our oceans. We contribute financially to the Manta project, and also by bringing our technical expertise in recycling.

The Barbier Group, a family-owned company, is the French leader in the manufacture of polyethylene films and bags for industrial and commercial packaging as well as for agriculture, and has been since 1955.

Through eco-design, innovation, recycling and biomaterials, our end-of-life products do not remain waste but become real resources. We actively participate in the implementation and dynamics of collection and recovery channels for used plastics in the household, industrial and agricultural sectors in France and Europe. These recycling channels create value and jobs.

We have made a long-term commitment with The SeaCleaners, because we share the same values of a responsible and sustainable approach.

Brangeon became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2018 to support the project’s environmental commitment.

The Brangeon Group is an independent, family-owned company founded in 1919, specializing in two areas: transport and logistics, and collection, recycling and recovery. With customized and innovative services that fully contribute to the circular economy logic, the company is constantly innovating to improve its performance and reduce its impact on the environment.

The Brangeon Group has been committed to The SeaCleaners as a financial partner since 2018. In order to contribute to the search for solutions for the recovery of materials that will be collected in the oceans, the company’s employees are also involved through skills sponsorship.

Brunel became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2020 to support a cause that is dear to its heart: protecting the oceans from plastic pollution.

Created in 1946 with the Starwax brand, Brunel is part of the Altaïr group. It specializes in cleaning solutions for the home and outdoors (Starwax), as well as home renovation/repair (Sinto) and household insecticides (Kapo).

As an industrial company, Brunel has a real educational role to play and wishes to assume this role 100%. Brunel wants to be able to relay The SeaCleaners’ message to its customers and users in the most effective way possible, in order to contribute, on its own scale, to raising awareness of the problem of ocean pollution.

Coutot-Roehrig is proud to have become a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2022.

Genealogists of estates for nearly 130 years, they kind of build a bridge between generations. Most often commissioned by a notary, they are responsible for finding the heirs to an estate and assisting them with the settlement. It therefore made sense to join forces with The SeaCleaners to take an interest in both past and future generations, by caring about the legacy we leave them.

Present in 46 branches around the world, Coutot-Roehrig intends to involve its more than 300 employees in the concrete actions carried out by The SeaCleaners. They are convinced that a sum of small things can make big things happen.

Dickson-Constant, with its Sunbrella brand, became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2019 to help implement concrete actions to combat plastic pollution and raise awareness among its employees, customers and service providers.

Dickson-Constant®, with its Sunbrella® brand, offers innovative indoor and outdoor textile solutions, drawing on real know-how and a wide range of industry expertise.

Environment has become a major issue for Dickson Constant, which strives to create eco-responsible actions within its factory and throughout its manufacturing process: its fabrics are woven without the highly polluting step of dyeing the yarn. The fabric enrichment treatments are optimized in order to avoid overloading the products with chemical substances. The treatments are carried out in a closed circuit. The calories in the water leaving the treatments are used to heat the incoming water and no chemicals are discharged.

Close to the values of The SeaCleaners, Dickson, with its Sunbrella brand, is committed to the association.

EcoDDS became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2019 because we believe that we must carry the solutions and hopes that are the source of enthusiasm.

This is not the first time that EcoDDS has supported a project that goes beyond thinking about its own sector. We raise awareness among the French throughout the year to prevent chemical waste from ending up in nature, in the oceans. We are therefore proud to participate in the genesis of this beautiful ecological project that will soon be completed.

EcoDDS is a non-profit company whose mission is to encourage the sorting, collection and treatment of certain chemical waste from private individuals (DIY and gardening) in conditions that respect health and the environment. EcoDDS covers a national network of more than 57 million inhabitants and provides collection at more than 3,300 fixed waste collection centers and one-off collection points. In addition to these operational activities, the company strives to inform, raise awareness and encourage users to sort and bring back waste that should not be put in the trash.

EcoDDS works in collaboration with its member companies, in accordance with the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, so that they concretely carry out their commitment to collect the used products they put on the market.

The Ed-Trans Group is a major player in national and international transport. Founded in 2004, it now has 6 agencies: Le Mans, 2 agencies in Nantes, Rennes, Paris and Lyon. Thanks to its own trucks or through a network of partners, it organizes road, sea and air transport for its customers.

The Group is in constant development and today has a turnover of 28 million euros.

Our transport activities are not the most virtuous for ecology, even though intelligent flow logistics and important technological developments are helping to reduce pollutant emissions. We don’t have the same levers as large companies with a CSR policy. However, we are convinced that our activities involve a search for compensation and we consider that the ecological and solidarity dimensions are inseparable from the development ambitions of our group. This is why we support The SeaCleaners.

Elcia became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2018, under it’s CEO’s (Franck Couturieux) impulse, who was seduced by the innovative nature of the Manta project and eager to show his 8-year-old daughter that he is actively committed to the preservation of our planet.

Convinced that companies have an important part to play, he finally decided to involve all his employees in this adventure. Today, the entire company has become an effective outreach relay.

Since its creation in 1999, Elcia develops innovative software solutions and services to connect all the actors in woodwork from blinds to shutters and stands as the number one in this sector in France

GROHE, a leading global brand for complete bathroom solutions and kitchen fittings, pursues the brand values of technology, quality, design and sustainability, which are an integral part of its DNA.

 The brand is committed through various actions to water conservation, plastic reduction and carbon neutrality, with the aim of preserving this precious resource that is WATER. Acting at the source for more than 20 years by reducing plastic waste and working to preserve water, in 2021 GROHE France became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners, to tackle the consequences of a reality that we all unfortunately know: too much plastic waste ends up in the oceans every day.

GROHE and The SeaCleaners are joining forces to protect the oceans.

The cooperative Les Salines de Guérande Le Guérandais became a Corporate of The SeaCleaners in 2019, the sea being at the heart of the activity of the salt workers, it is fundamental to raise awareness of the plastic pollution of the oceans.

Les Salines de Guérande Le Guérandais cooperative is a salt producer, operating the Guérande salt marshes since the 1980s. The salt workers ensure the perpetuation of a unique know-how and the transmission of a natural and cultural heritage to future generations: the very foundations of sustainable and solidarity-based development. This heritage and the ecological interest of the Guérande site is recognized and protected by French and international laws. The combined efforts of the salt workers in partnership with nature protection associations contribute every day to protecting a unique site where the ecosystem and biodiversity are exceptionally rich.

With the sea being at the heart of its activity, Les Salines de Guérande Le Guérandais cooperative is aware of the plastic pollution of the oceans and wanted to support the actions of The SeaCleaners.

Created in 1966 by Mr. Gérard Maugin, SAS Maugin is today a recognized player in the industrial market of PVC, ALU and Steel joinery, with 300 employees, 3 production sites and a turnover of more than 62M€ for its last fiscal year. Their national network of carpenter partners, Terres de Fenêtre, covers the whole of France and offers a wide communication coverage close to private individuals.

Supported by human values, their actions in favor of the environment, employee well-being and the circular economy preceded the arrival of the CSR approach.

The commitment to The SeaCleaners, in 2022, responds to the desire to actively participate in the protection of the environment. Our main site is located in Saint Brévin les Pins, the ocean is at our doorstep and we feel more than concerned by the need to preserve this precious resource. The speech, actions and values of The SeaCleaners echoed our commitment.

Ooshot is a photo and video production company equipped with a dedicated  technological solution, based in Paris and operating worldwide. They assist brands in their content production, regardless of the type and distribution.

Their producers work in collaboration with a global network of talents: they make it their top priority to source the best and most creative local talents available for each production. This unique specificity is made possible thanks to their technological solution developed in-house which allows them to work with precision and agility.

Beyond a common passion for well thought out and meaningful visual creations, the Ooshot community is humanly committed by always using a short circuit production system that strengthens the local economies involved. They take pride in being a company that’s committed to making a positive impact on the world, one project at a time.

Pilot became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2019 at the initiative of all employees, to play a part in the fight against plastic pollution of the oceans and so that this international project meets their three CSR themes which are: education, society and the environment. 

Number 2 worldwide, Pilot Group has been providing new writing solutions for nearly a century. Committed to environmental protection, Pilot has developed a long-term vision of a future in full harmony with the environment in the broadest sense of the term. Its two environmental certifications (EMAS, ISO14001) are official proof of this.  

Pilot has also sensitized all its staff members to familiarize them with their approach. Their support of The SeaCleaners is one more step in their environmental commitment.  

Created in January 2019, Socaps Fund supports actions in various fields: sports, cultural, solidarity and environmental.

Socaps Fund is mobilized to help protect the natural environment, to preserve ecosystems, animal, plant and mineral biodiversity through the education of populations on all themes related to the preservation of the planet’s heritage, the recyclability of packaging and the circular economy.

Socaps Fund is committed alongside The SeaCleaners because together and through concrete actions, we can make a difference!

Spadel is a group of Belgian companies producing and selling natural mineral and spring waters as well as refreshing drinks based on natural mineral water.

Spadel wants to offer the best to its consumers: pure natural water today and for future generations. So, the concept of sustainable development is undeniably embedded in their mission. Awarded in 2014 among the Top 10 European companies in the field of sustainability at the European Business Awards, SPADEL is among the leaders in sustainable management of natural resources and packaging.

Fully aware of the issues of plastic pollution in the oceans, Spadel is a major sponsor in The SeaCleaners project.

The sea has always been a source of vital energy for human beings, capable of regenerating them physically and mentally. THALGO has been inspired by it for more than 50 years, combining efficiency and well-being.  

“Today, our Laboratory relies on its dual pharmaceutical and Mediterranean roots to infuse this marine energy, through products and protocols that revitalize the body and mind, for a luminous beauty. “Bernard Sirop, General Manager THALGO . 

THALGO was born from the Oceans and has always been committed to protecting the environment and the seabed.  

To offer safe and responsible beauty, we are committed to offering increasingly natural formulas, more eco-designed packaging and to protecting the sea and its biodiversity. Bernard Sirop, Managing Director THALGO    

Today, THALGO is mobilizing, alongside Yvan Bourgnon’s association, The SeaCleaners, to clean up the oceans and reduce plastic waste, by acting on 3 levels:   

• Plastic depollution of the oceans with the Manta project  
• Coastal cleaning in France and around the world  
• Reducing plastic consumption  

La Trinitaine, a family cookie factory located in Saint-Philibert in the Morbihan region, has been perpetuating the long Breton pastry tradition since 1955. 

Aware of the environmental issues of its time, La Trinitaine keeps passionately baking its delicious cookies with simple and even more natural recipes, and improving and reducing its packaging.

Sharing a very strong history with the sea since its beginnings, it is quite natural that La Trinitaine has committed to supporting the SeaCleaners in its missions to save the oceans that are so dear to its heart. 

VALORPLAST became a Corporate Partner of The SeaCleaners in 2022 to go even further, together, in their environmental commitment.

VALORPLAST is a team of engineers specialized in plastics, recycling and eco-design, combined with the strength of a team of field managers, actors of the daily dialogue with the local authorities and their inhabitants.

Their action consists in increasing the recycling rate of plastics and encouraging the return to packaging as soon as possible. In 2021, they piloted the recycling of 168,000 tons of plastic packaging, 100% of which was recycled in neighbouring Europe, 3/4 of which was in France.

They are convinced that plastic recycling is part of the solution to preserve natural resources

And because we share the observation that it is time to accelerate together in the preservation of marine environments and in particular to fight against plastic pollution in the oceans, they have decided to share their expertise in innovation and plastic recycling with The SeaCleaners through a skills sponsorship.

AirLiquide is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit

CEA is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit

Bluebox Energy is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit

Etia Group is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit

MTB is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)

Bureau Veritas delivers an AIP “Approval In Principle” to the overall structure, stability and security plans of the Manta.

Technip Energies is a partner in the development of the Manta and the Mobulas’ project
– Waste-to-energy unit
– Collection boats (Mobulas)
– Belt collection systems
– Collection systems by net

Chantiers de l’Atlantique is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit

SP Group is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Waste-to-energy unit

Ecole Centrale Nantes is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Automated rigs
– Centrale Nantes
– Production of renewable energy

GreenFlow is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Automated rigs
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)
– Production of renewable energy

SouthernSpars is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Automated rigs

Ecole Navale is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Energy management and optimisation
– Production of renewable energy

LMG Marin is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Energy management and optimisation
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)
– Belt collection systems
– Collection systems by nets
– Detection and guidance systems

DEMS is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)

V Design is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)

Ship ST is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)

Lumen at Work is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Manta (Naval & plant architecture)

Efinor SeaCleaner is a partner in the development of the Manta and Mobulas’ project :
– Collection boats (Mobulas)
– Eco-design (Ecoplex project)

Schottel is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Production of renewable energy

Emeraude Solaire is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Production of renewable energy

Kliux Energies is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Production of renewable energy

Obeo is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Eco-design (Ecoplex project)

CapGemini Engineering is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Eco-design (Ecoplex project)
– Belt collection systems
– Detection and guidance systems

Stirling Design is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Eco-design (Ecoplex project)

LS2N is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Eco-design (Ecoplex project)

Region Bretagne is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Eco-design (Ecoplex project)

Turbe is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Belt collection systems

Intralox is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Belt collection systems

Padmos is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Collection systems by nets

IX Blue is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Detection and guidance systems

Echoview is a partner in the development of the Manta’s project :
– Detection and guidance systems

Engineering consultancy firm located in Nice specialising in the energy, automotive, aerospace, industrial and naval sectors.

Valorplast is a pioneer in the recycling of household plastic packaging.

Parrot imagines, designs and builds innovative drones to offer the best flying experience.

Group of experts in pollution control: expertise, consulting, training, intervention, maintenance…

French sports federation specialising in recreational and competitive underwater activities such as scuba diving, freediving, white water swimming, swimming with fins and underground diving.

Diving club based in La Teste de Buch (Bassin d’Arcachon) with ecological objectives.

Oxymax is a company specialised in the manufacture and supply of cut / bent / rolled / welded parts, made to order.

MODE ESTIME is a social economy association and an integration workshop using textile design and sewing for the purpose of personal development and professional integration.

Manufacture of flags, stands, POS material and other event communication media.

Company specialised in the industrial deployment of projects. Design, conception and industrial production.

The Brangeon Group is an independent family business founded in 1919, specialising in transport and logistics, as well as collection, recycling and recovery. As a local partner in all its activities, the company offers tailor-made and innovative services that contribute fully to the logic of the circular economy.

Plastogaz is a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, specialised in the production of natural gas using waste coming from synthetic resources.

The PROVADEMSE technology platform has been supporting the development of environmental technologies for over 30 years.

Scanship offers solutions for wastewater treatment and waste-to-energy conversion.

A force for innovation, design and transformation.

EFINOR SEA CLEANER is specialised in the design, manufacture and marketing of multi-service pollution control vessels with a unique and innovative patented technology.

Bali Marine Service is our operational partner and port agent for the MOBULA 8. This company assists The SeaCleaners with all the formalities that allow the Mobula 8 to operate in Indonesia, such as managing the crew locally and facilitating all our port procedures with the Harbour Master (KSOP), Pelindo and customs. It is also the reason for our partnership with BaliFiberGlass, the local shipyard that manages the dry storage of the boat, the preparation works and the launching of the Mobula 8.

Peduli Alam

Gili Eco Trust

Gili Eco Trust is involved in waste management on Gili Trawangan with the FMPL (Front Masyarakat Peduli Lingkungan – community front for environmental protection): during the tourist season, there can be up to 20 tons of waste collected per day, with a large majority of organic waste. The SeaCleaners will provide technical and financial support to the current waste management of Gili Eco Trust. The main objectives of this collaboration are to find solutions to solid waste pollution and to improve the existing system (sorting, recycling and processing activities). 

Valorplast is a pioneer in the recycling of household plastic packaging.

MéGo! ofrece una solución para recoger y procesar las colillas transformando los filtros usados en mobiliario urbano.

Con esta colaboración, MéGo! recupera las colillas recogidas durante las recogidas organizadas por The SeaCleaners en toda Francia.

Y a través de su filial Eco-Action-Plus, MéGo! propone actividades de sensibilización a los patrocinadores corporativos de The SeaCleaners sobre la gestión de las colillas y la gestión global de los residuos de las oficinas.

Desde 2020, The SeaCleaners se asocia al Día Mundial de la Limpieza movilizando a sus patrocinadores corporativos y delegaciones regionales para que participen en esta jornada mundial de limpieza.

The National Association for the Protection of Waters and Rivers – TOS (ANPER) was created in 1958 by fly fishermen who were already aware of the damage done to waterways by various actors.
For more than 60 years, ANPER-TOS has been fighting to obtain justice before the courts when aquatic environments and the biodiversity that lives in them are degraded.
Through its participation in public inquiries and deliberative bodies related to water management, our association ensures that public policies make the right decisions.
The association also does a great deal of work to raise awareness, especially among children, through water classes given by volunteers of the association. It also acts against the pollution of waterways by macro-waste with its project of riverbanks and it involves the general public in participative sciences allowing to better know the quality of the water near their homes.
By the variety of its actions and its tenacity, ANPER-TOS remains since its creation, a particular and important entity for the general interest, which was worth being recognized of public utility since 1985.

Values and commitments
The Grand Aquarium de Saint-Malo, involved in the preservation of marine ecosystems, aims to raise awareness among the general public by supporting environmental or species conservation associations.

An educational mission
The Grand Aquarium de Saint-Malo and its educational team offer to help students discover the mysteries of the sea through an exceptional collection in 12 interactive workshops.

This is the ideal opportunity to observe, discover, touch or even feed the animals and to highlight the relationships between them.
The workshops are perfectly in line with school curricula and the pupils enjoy learning.

Taking action for the blue planet
The Grand Aquarium is a member of the World Ocean Network, and takes part in World Oceans Day on 8 June.

In 2020, the Grand Aquarium will join The SeaCleaners’ “Aquariums Programme” and will offer fun tools to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans. How can we fight it on a daily basis with simple gestures? Young and old alike can find answers.

The Grand Aquarium de Saint-Malo is a member of…
The Union des Conservateurs d’Aquariums is an association under the law of 1901, officially created in 1987. For years, the UCA has been reflecting on the profession and its environmental protection aspects and has become a privileged interlocutor with the public authorities. http://aquariumsdefrance.fr/

Science at the Grand Aquarium of Saint-Malo
Projects carried out in partnership with the Grand Aquarium:

Visual lateralization and camouflage in cuttlefish (Christelle Jozet-Alves)
The memory of events in cephalopods (Christelle Jozet-Alves)

Aquariums are conservatories of marine biodiversity.
As a testimony to the challenges of ocean protection, they are committed to concrete actions for their preservation.

The fight against plastic pollution being an unavoidable subject, setting up awareness-raising partnerships with them on the subject is an obvious choice. In order to complete their range of activities on this theme, we design games and fun activities especially for the aquariums (XXL Goose Game, Quiz, Escape Game, 7 Families Game, debate activities, etc.).

Together we also organise actions in the field (waste collection, presence at trade fairs, conferences, awareness days, etc.).

ITS MISSIONS

TO DISCOVER AND UNDERSTAND THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY

The Aquarium’s circular and geographical route allows for a progressive immersion in the fifty or so tanks reconstituting the biotopes of the Seine, the Atlantic, the English Channel, the Mediterranean, the coral reefs of Tahiti, the Caribbean and Guyana.

Let yourself be hypnotized at the Médusarium©, which hosts the largest exhibition of jellyfish in Europe with 50 species presented in rotation in 25 tanks.

RAISING AWARENESS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

The Paris Aquarium is both a living heritage museum and an informal environmental education institution.
It is an essential educational tool for discovering and observing marine fauna and biodiversity. It is a place for exchange on the environmental issues and challenges that affect the ocean and threaten the quality of life on earth.

DEVELOPING AND TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE

During the visit, educational activities are offered throughout the day. Those on the theme of plastic pollution are presented in partnership with The SeaCleaners.

Aquariums are conservatories of marine biodiversity.
As a testament to the challenges of protecting the ocean, they are committed to concrete actions for their preservation.

The fight against plastic pollution being an unavoidable subject, setting up awareness-raising partnerships with them on the subject is an obvious choice. In order to complete their range of activities on this theme, we design games and fun activities especially for the aquariums (XXL Goose Game, Quiz, Escape Game, 7 Families Game, debate activities, etc.).

Together we also organise actions in the field (waste collection, presence at trade fairs, conferences, awareness days, etc.).

COMMITTED

Since 2004, the Océarium du Croisic has been part of the W.O.N. (World Ocean Network), a network made up of aquariums, museums, zoological parks, NGOs, etc., and thus participates every 8 June in World Ocean Day.
The Océarium du Croisic carries out various actions to protect the oceans:

• awareness-raising actions in the field: beach clean-ups, distribution of rubbish bags to boaters,
• conferences on various themes such as the use of seafood in cancer research,
• meetings with the media, local elected officials and schools in order to raise awareness of the need to protect the marine environment.
• The partnership set up with The SeaCleaners allows us to propose another approach to the fight against plastic pollution in the oceans.

Because almost everything on earth ends up in the oceans at some point and because it is not too late for things to change!

EUAC: EUROPEAN UNION OF AQUARIUM CURATORS
As an early member of the EUAC, the Océarium maintains privileged relations with its European colleagues. Every year, numerous exchanges of animals as well as technical and scientific information take place with aquariums in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Belgium, etc.
The Océarium is also a member of the Union des Conservateurs d’Aquariums français (UCA). In 2013.

OTHER ACTIONS OF THE OCEARIUM:
The Océarium works with the OBSERVATOIRE PELAGIS which is setting up an observation system for the conservation of marine mammals and birds.
The Océarium, in partnership with APECS, the Association for the Study and Conservation of Selachians (sharks and rays), participates in the CAPOERA programme on its coastline (collection of ray eggs).
For more than 40 years, the Océarium has made the breeding of rays its speciality.
The Océarium helps to sustain jobs and to develop a sea turtle conservation programme in the south-west of Sri-Lanka by supporting a sea turtle farm on site.

Aquariums are conservatories of marine biodiversity.
As a testimony to the challenges of ocean protection, they are committed to concrete actions for their preservation.

The fight against plastic pollution being an unavoidable subject, setting up awareness-raising partnerships with them on the subject is an obvious choice. In order to complete their range of activities on this theme, we design games and fun activities especially for the aquariums (XXL Goose Game, Quiz, Escape Game, 7 Families Game, debate activities, etc.).

Together we also organise actions in the field (waste collection, presence at trade fairs, conferences, awareness days, etc.).

Aquariums are the conservatories of marine biodiversity.
As a testimony to the challenges of ocean protection, they are committed to concrete actions for their preservation.

The fight against plastic pollution being an unavoidable subject, setting up awareness-raising partnerships with them on the subject is an obvious choice. In order to complete their range of activities on this theme, we design games and fun activities especially for the aquariums (XXL Goose Game, Quiz, Escape Game, 7 Families Game, debate activities, etc.).

Together we also organise actions in the field (waste collection, presence at trade fairs, conferences, awareness days, etc.).

In addition to entertainment, the Lyon Aquarium has missions to raise awareness, education, research and species conservation. Each animal is an ambassador for its environment and helps to explain to the public the fragility of its natural world.

The Lyon Aquarium offers a number of tools for visitors: educational panels and signs, educational sheets, educational workshops that are part of the academic programmes (available for schools and leisure centres), guided tours and educational events. In 2020, the partnership with The SeaCleaners will enrich the activities on the theme of plastic pollution in the oceans.

The Lyon Aquarium is committed to building sustainable ecosystems to reproduce almost identically the habitat of each geographical area represented. No animal is chosen for its commercial or spectacular appeal. The Lyon Aquarium optimises exchanges, donations and reproductions.

Coral Programme
To avoid collecting in the wild and to raise public awareness of the incredible biodiversity of coral reefs, the Lyon Aquarium has been cultivating coral for more than 10 years with no less than 20 different species. Thus, no coral from wild harvesting is present at the Lyon Aquarium.
Today, this know-how enables us to participate in the stocking of many other establishments such as those in Paris, Biarritz and Montpellier.

Furthermore, the Lyon Aquarium is a member of the Union des Conservateurs d’Aquariums (UCA). This association was officially created in 1987. For years, the UCA has engaged in a reflection on the profession and its aspects relating to the protection of the environment and has become a privileged interlocutor with the public authorities.

The UCA is particularly concerned with the respect of regulatory elements, ethics and the dissemination of news. http://aquariumsdefrance.fr/

Aquariums are the conservatories of marine biodiversity.
As a testimony to the challenges of ocean protection, they are committed to concrete actions for their preservation.

The fight against plastic pollution being an unavoidable subject, setting up awareness-raising partnerships with them on the subject is an obvious choice. In order to complete their range of activities on this theme, we design games and fun activities especially for the aquariums (XXL Goose Game, Quiz, Escape Game, 7 Families Game, debate activities, etc.).

Together we also organise actions in the field (waste collection, presence at trade fairs, conferences, awareness days, etc.).

Located near the beach, in the Malo park, the Aquarium of Dunkerque will make you discover aquatic species from different seas of the globe, such as the famous “Nemo” and “Dory” or the curly ray and the common seahorse, fish from our coastline. Lakes and rivers from South America to China and Africa are also featured, represented by piranhas and other fish and turtles. A total of 37 freshwater species and 120 saltwater species are represented in our aquariums. There is also a temporary exhibition along the tour route: fishing, shellfish and crustaceans are among the various themes dealt with over the years.

The aquarium is one of the most visited cultural facilities in Dunkirk, with more than 31,000 visitors in 2022. Every year, the aquarium welcomes many schoolchildren and leisure centres and raises children’s awareness of the aquatic world through activities on themes ranging from biology to the pollution of our oceans. The partnership initiated with The SeaCleaners will allow the diversification of the proposed activities, in particular through games, in order to address as many people as possible.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation works to protect the environment by establishing partnerships to carry out projects and undertake concrete actions in its priority fields of action. In November 2017, The SeaCleaners project and MANTA were endorsed by the foundation for its commitment to the preservation of the oceans and its biodiversity.

September 2020

The SeaCleaners becomes member of the Group of Friends to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution.

The SeaCleaners is now a member of the Group of Friends to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution, an initiative launched by 44 countries through their Permanent Missions to the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

As the sources of plastic pollution are numerous and multifaceted, the Group of Friends (GoF) aims to adopt a global strategy to combat marine plastic pollution. As such, it already actively supports the ongoing work of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

By building on the efforts made within various bodies and at different levels of government and society, the GoF wishes to help build political momentum around this issue and guide the transformation of these various efforts into concrete action and effective, coherent and coordinated solutions.

Its mission is to :

– Support the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, in particular SDG 14 (Aquatic Life) and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)

– Raise awareness among diplomats based at the UN Headquarters of the current gaps in the global legal and political framework, as well as of the scale of the problem of marine plastic pollution and possible solutions

– Support the process of examining possible responses at the international level, such as a new global agreement, in the framework of the expert group under the aegis of the UNEA (the United Nations Environment Programme Assembly)

– To advance research and understanding of the problem of marine plastic pollution in decision-making bodies

– Raise awareness of the global situation of plastic pollution in different national and regional contexts

– To create political momentum and obtain private sector support to activate global action against marine plastic pollution

– Explore ways to take this issue forward at UN headquarters and ensure coherence with action in other multilateral forums

– Explore opportunities to engage with external organisations such as the academic community, the private sector and civil society to advance the above objectives

The SeaCleaners is proud to be actively engaged in this global initiative, which is in line with the association’s pragmatic and solution-oriented philosophy.

The GoF meetings will be organised and co-chaired by Antigua and Barbuda, Norway and the Maldives, the initiating countries of the Group of Friends to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution.

August 2020

The SeaCleaners joins the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

At our level, we are proud to become a full-fledged player in this immense momentum for the ocean. How do we do this? By contributing, thanks to the principle of Open Data applied to the data and knowledge resulting from the work of our Science Pole, to enriching “The Science We Need For The Ocean We Want”.

Proclaimed in December 2017 at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, the official launch of the Decade will take place from 31 May to 2 June 2021, in Berlin. UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has been charged with developing its implementation.

Supporting efforts to reverse the cycle of declining ocean health and create better conditions for the sustainable development of the ocean, seas and coasts is the main objective of the Decade.

Over the next ten years, the aim is to coordinate programmes of research, observation systems, capacity development, marine spatial planning and marine risk reduction to improve the management of ocean and coastal zone resources. The aim is also to encourage the scientific community, the public and policy-makers to change their way of thinking with a view to achieving real change.

The six societal objectives to be achieved are as follows:

• A safe ocean
• A sustainably harvested ocean ensuring the provision of food supply
• A transparent ocean with open access to data, information and technologies
• A clean ocean
• A healthy and resilient ocean
• A predictable ocean

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development will accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean, seas and marine resources.

In this context, the International Scientific Advisory Board of The SeaCleaners finds all its legitimacy. It reflects the association’s desire to implement a rigorous scientific approach in order to gather the knowledge necessary for our projects. This provides the international scientific community with a valuable opportunity to collect quality data on major research topics related to marine plastic pollution.

For more information, please visit: https://oceandecade.org/.

July 2020

July 2020

The SeaCleaners is now a member of the international alliance Plastic Pollution Coalition.

We are proud to join this global community of more than 1,200 organizations, businesses, citizens and policy makers from 75 countries. All over the world, everyone is working to fight the toxic effects of plastic pollution on humans, animals, rivers, the ocean and the environment.

As a growing global alliance, the Plastic Pollution Coalition has a strong international base. Its members are all stakeholders convinced of the need to work together to accelerate the deployment of concrete measures, particularly against plastic pollution of the oceans.

This dynamic is reflected in collective actions on the ground. I.e. ? Plastic Free July, which helps citizens to take action and get involved in projects to fight plastic waste.

In our turn, we invite citizens, organizations and companies who share the same vision of a world without plastic pollution to join the Coalition!

For more information, visit Plastic Pollution Coalition.

April 2020

Member Certificate of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter.

We are proud to announce that The SeaCleaners is now recognized as a certified member of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML).

GPML is an initiative of the United Nations Environment Agency. It is a multi- stakeholder partnership that brings together all stakeholders working to prevent marine litter and microplastics.

Its mission : to protect the global marine environment, human and animal welfare by tackling the global problem of marine litter.

GPML members provide a unique global platform for sharing knowledge and experience. Within it, they cooperate to create and bring out innovative solutions.

Its main missions are:

• To facilitate cooperation,
• To share relevant information on projects and initiatives in order to identify and fill gaps and avoidduplication,
• To contribute to marine litter action plans at different levels
• To reduce plastic spills in the ocean, through better design; the application of the principle of reduction, reuse and recycling (3R); promoting closed-loop systems and more circular production cycles; maximizing resource efficiency and minimizing waste generation.

We are happy to join this global movement and look forward to contributing to the dynamic of the fight against the scourge of plastic pollution, while remaining faithful to our philosophy: to act concretely, on land and at sea, to cooperate with everyone, decision-makers, scientists, actors of land.

More information on the GPML website : https://www.gpmarinelitter.org

Institute Open Diplomacy

A natural partnership has been established with the French Embassy in Indonesia and Timor
with the aim of activating awareness-raising actions and
education in French and Indonesian.

Click here to find out more about the Popeye x The SeaCleaners partnership.