Number of waste items found along coastlines in Europe 2022, by country
During the International Coastal Cleanup day in September 2022, thousands of people across Europe volunteered to collect waste from coastlines. Volunteers around Ireland collected more than 400,000 waste items, including cigarette butts, plastic bottles, and bottle caps. This was the largest number recorded among European countries that year. Volunteers in Greece found the second largest number of waste items, at over 185,000.