Travel + Leisure – More than 1.3 million plastic bottles were collected during the world’s largest single-day beach and waterway cleanup, highlighting the ongoing challenge of plastic pollution. Bottles and caps remain some of the most prevalent contaminants found on beaches and in waterways across the globe.
More than 115,000 plastic beverage bottles and 312,000 cigarette butts were removed from U.S. beaches and waterways, highlighting the widespread pollution caused by single-use products and their impact on ocean health.
