Datasets / SoE2017: Main material types littered


SoE2017: Main material types littered

Published By Environment and Science

Issued about 6 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons Attribution

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

Cigarette butts, while contributing a very small fraction to litter volume, are the most common type of litter. Glass is the least prevalent litter type. Plastic waste items are high in number and volume.