Top 10 Plastic Pollution Offenders
Plus their plastic-free counterparts
To give you some motivation for Plastic Free July and beyond, we’re sharing the top 10 plastic items found in our Litter Intelligence beach surveys, and some tips on how to avoid them!
As of 29 June 2022, plastic and foamed plastic together represent 75% of the total litter we find in our beach survey areas across Aotearoa, by number of items (not weight or mass).
At any time on the Litter Intelligence Insights page, you can see the most commonly found litter in our beach survey areas.