When the crowdfunding campaign has ended, the project starts, here some news.

Most successful non-profit crowd funding campaign ever (US$ 2.2 million, 38,000 contributors, 160 countries)

http://www.theoceancleanup.com/blog/show/item/a-deep-dive-into-plastic-flow-modeling.html

http://www.theoceancleanup.com/blog/archive/2015/december.html