Plastic food and drink packaging ‘world’s most common coastal litter’

Global study finds wrappers, bottles and lids on shorelines of 93% of countries analysed as UN talks to tackle issue stall Plastic food wrappers, bottles, lids and caps are by far the most common items of litter found on the world’s shorelines, a study has found. Researchers looked at data from more than 5,300 surveys of coastal litter to produce the first global analysis of its kind. They found the data in 355 existing studies on the subject. Continue reading...

By Chris Baraniuk