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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Matthew Pearce

1.3m plastic bottles collected in a day in global volunteer ocean cleanup

A crab riding on a water bottle at the water's surface
A crab riding on a water bottle in Thailand. Photograph: Pier Nirandara/Ocean Conservancy

More than 1.3m plastic bottles were collected from beaches, rivers and waterways last year during the world’s largest single-day volunteer ocean cleanup.

About 630,000 people took part in the International Coastal Cleanup in 2025, removing almost 13.9m pieces of rubbish from more than 15,000 miles of coastline and waterways.

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