Between 2015 and 2018, the waste items most found on the foreshore of the River Thames were food wrappers, cotton bud sticks, drink bottles and drink lids, plastic cups, and take-away containers. These six items accounted for 64 percent of total identifiable plastic items found.
The top lightweight (floating) waste items found on the foreshore of the River Thames between 2015 and 2018, by number of items counted in the litter surveys*
*These are not the overall top items on the foreshore; items from sinking sites are considered separately
** Food wrappers: almost exclusively polypropylene packaging of chocolates and biscuits
*** Includes foam pieces but excludes plastics <2.5cm and unidentified polystyrene, which are too numerous to count
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