This is frightening, the Ocean Conservatory tracked beach trash for 24 hours in California beaches and this was the result… Plastic, Plastic everywhere and not a clean drop to swim in. California has 800 miles of shore. The volunteers using the Clean Swell apps picked up more than… 1 Million pieces of trash.. in 24 hours. It weighed.. 840,000 pounds… When you read this list… no wonder plastic pollution is making viral news and going plastic free is becoming increasingly important .
The Top Ten Beach Trash Items
10.) Foam Takeout Containers: 580,570
9.) Plastic Lids 624,678 
8.) Plastic Takeout Containers: 632,874 
7.) Straws and Stirrers 643,572 
6.) Other Plastic Bags 745,211 
5.) Plastic Grocery Bags: 757,523
4.) Plastic Bottle Caps: 1,091, 107 
3.) Plastic Beverage Bottles: 1,569,135 
2.) Food Wrappers: 1739743 
1.) Cigarette Butts: 2412,151
Wow..
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