A Few Beach Clean Stats


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Total counts per year (pieces of litter)
2025 to date:
6 trips
806
2024 to date:
63 trips
9493
2023 Total:
82 trips
12485
2022 Total:
109 trips
20369
Pre-2022
285 trips
40196

Litter Map

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Top Ten

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Data Tables

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Litter Mapping

All of the litter that I collect is photographed, tagged and uploaded to a map. This allows an easy visualisation of the litter problem. To do this, I work with OpenLitterMap.
(Note: at the moment I believe I am still the only person tagging in Christchurch so the markers in this area are all mine, but that may change!)

This is a screenshot of my litter finds taken on 19th November 2021.

Open Litter Map screenshot

On the live map, you can click any of the markers to zoom in further and even see individual items in place:

Open Litter Map screenshot

Top 10 litter culprits by Type of Litter

Type of Litter: 2024
Food Packaging
815
Drink Can
159
Beach Toy
140
Takeaway Cutlery
109
Label
109
Takeaway Food Packaging
105
Sweet Wrapper
99
Receipt
80
Drink Bottle
69
Cup
65
Type of Litter: 2023
Food Packaging
972
Drink Can
248
Beach Toy
197
Sweet Wrapper
191
Cigarette Butt
150
Drink Bottle
149
Takeaway Cutlery
109
Label
91
Receipt
89
Dog Poo Bag
86
Type of Litter: 2022
Food Packaging
1559
Cigarette Butt
455
Sweet Wrapper
377
Beach Toy
277
Label
263
Drink Can
252
Bottle Top
206
Takeaway Sachet
195
Broken Bottle
191
Receipt
190
Type of Litter: 2021
Food Packaging
1449
Smoking Cigarette Butt
860
Microplastic
511
Takeaway Sachet
435
Label
435
Drink Can
401
Sweet Wrapper
360
Bottle Top
340
Lolly Stick
292
Takeaway Drink Stirrer
290

Statistics

All of my data is open source and available to download in JSON format. There are over 30k lines of data, it may take a while for the page to fully load.

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You can also get all my source data direct from Open Litter Map. Please note that this data isn't as complete as my own raw data.

Seashorty @ OpenLitterMap

Record of solo beach cleans and litter found

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Litter Breakdown

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Brand
Type
Material
Food Packaging,Drink Can,Beach Toy,Takeaway Cutlery,Label,Takeaway Food Packaging,Sweet Wrapper,Receipt,Drink Bottle,Cup,
815,159,140,109,109,105,99,80,69,65,
Food Packaging,Drink Can,Beach Toy,Sweet Wrapper,Cigarette Butt,Drink Bottle,Takeaway Cutlery,Label,Receipt,Dog Poo Bag,
972,248,197,191,150,149,109,91,89,86,
Food Packaging,Cigarette Butt,Sweet Wrapper,Beach Toy,Label,Drink Can,Bottle Top,Takeaway Sachet,Broken Bottle,Receipt,
1559,455,377,277,263,252,206,195,191,190,
Food Packaging,Smoking Cigarette Butt,Microplastic,Takeaway Sachet,Label,Drink Can,Sweet Wrapper,Bottle Top,Lolly Stick,Takeaway Drink Stirrer,
1449,860,511,435,435,401,360,340,292,290,