Date | October 29, 2021 – July 17, 2024 |
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Type | Fundraiser |
Cause | Marine pollution |
Budget | $33.79 million |
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Website | teamseas |
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Team Seas (stylized as #TEAMSEAS) was an international collaborative fundraiser that was started by YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober as a follow-up to Team Trees. The fundraiser succeeded in raising over 33 million U.S. dollars. All of the donations from the fundraiser went to the Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup, with the organisations splitting the donations. The fundraiser pledged to remove 30,000,000 pounds (14,000,000 kg) of marine debris from the ocean by removing 1 pound (0.45 kg) of marine debris from the ocean for every 1 dollar donated.[1] However, the removal of that amount of marine debris is of negligible consequence considering the fact that about the same amount of plastic waste alone enters the ocean every 11-15 hours.[improper synthesis?][2] This means that during the entire duration of the fundraiser, at least approximately 18,562,500,000 pounds (8,419,808,368 kg) of debris had entered the ocean (or about 61,875% more than what the fundraiser ended up removing).[original research?]