International Coastal Cleanup removes 13.9M pieces of ocean plastic in single day

A volunteer cleanup event involving 630,000 people collected over 1.3 million plastic bottles and nearly 14 million total items of rubbish from beaches and waterways worldwide.

First covered Aug 26, 2026 · 6:00 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

International Coastal Cleanup removes 13.9M pieces of ocean plastic in single day — Image via theguardian.com

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31d Guardian Environment 1.3m plastic bottles collected in a day in global volunteer ocean cleanup — Ocean Conservancy says last year’s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwide More than 1.3m plastic bottles were collected…

Primary sources

defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk Introducing the deposit return scheme for drinks containers

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oceanconservancy.org Cleanups & ICC - Ocean Conservancy

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Appeared in: 2026-08-27 (#13)

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