Chapter 04 · Coastal Recovery Insight 02
Tidalpunk Field Report · 2026
Plastic recovered from the North Gyre

The tide is turning — 318 tonnes pulled this quarter alone.

318 t +47% QoQ

Ocean plastic recovered & landed at port

Across 14 seastead collection rafts in the North Pacific Gyre, averaged over a 91-day harvest cycle.

Quarterly recovery trend

Tonnes landed per fiscal quarter

This year Last year
318t · Q3 '26 Current quarter
216t · Q3 '25 Prior year
8.2t / raft Per-raft yield
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