cigarette butts made up 53 percent of single-use plastics litter in the Baltic Sea area.
This statistic shows the share of top marine litter items found on beaches across Europe in 2016. Plastic and polystyrene pieces of various sizes had a combined share of around 25 percent of all marine litter items found on beaches. This illustrates the harm plastic products are having on marine life across the world.
In 2017, Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016
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Plastics Insight. (April 13, 2018). Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/830235/marine-litter-items-on-beaches-europe/
Plastics Insight. "Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016." Chart. April 13, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/830235/marine-litter-items-on-beaches-europe/
Plastics Insight. (2018). Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/830235/marine-litter-items-on-beaches-europe/
Plastics Insight. "Top Marine Litter Items Found on Beaches in Europe in 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/830235/marine-litter-items-on-beaches-europe/
Plastics Insight, Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/830235/marine-litter-items-on-beaches-europe/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016 [Graph], Plastics Insight, April 13, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/830235/marine-litter-items-on-beaches-europe/