Collection of plastic marine debris collected on a beach clean. Mostly floats and buoys, but also bottles in numbers and assorted other plastic items.

Bottles and floats littering beach

Mallard with plastic beer can wrapping on head, Richmond Park, London, UK

This beach outside Troms is cleaned twice a year. This is what has come in during 8 months.

Marine litter on shoreline

Marine litter washed up on beach

Plastic rollers and floats washed up on beach.

Marine debris on rocky shoreline in Troms

Adult gannet with a piece of rope stuck to her beak, but she was still able to fish and feed her chick.

Plastic drum found on a remote stretch of coastline on Vry.

Plastic marine litter is often used as nesting material by seabirds. There is a risk of entanglement for chicks and adults.

An assortment of plastic litter found along the coast. Foreign and domestic litter, but mostly from fishing boats of many nationalities.