This statistic presents a breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the United States between 2003 and 2014, by waste category. During that period, the most common object found during litter clean-ups at Ohio Street Beach was cigarette butts, accounting for 41.9 percent of the garbage picked up.
Breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by waste type*
Characteristic
Smoking
Food
Tiny trash
Waterway, medical and dumping
Miscellaneous
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Chicago Tribune. (December 26, 2016). Breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by waste type* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/654456/breakdown-of-litter-found-at-chicago-beaches-us-by-type/
Chicago Tribune. "Breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by waste type*." Chart. December 26, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/654456/breakdown-of-litter-found-at-chicago-beaches-us-by-type/
Chicago Tribune. (2016). Breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by waste type*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/654456/breakdown-of-litter-found-at-chicago-beaches-us-by-type/
Chicago Tribune. "Breakdown of Litter Found at Chicago Beaches in The U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by Waste Type*." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/654456/breakdown-of-litter-found-at-chicago-beaches-us-by-type/
Chicago Tribune, Breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by waste type* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/654456/breakdown-of-litter-found-at-chicago-beaches-us-by-type/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Breakdown of litter found at Chicago beaches in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, by waste type* [Graph], Chicago Tribune, December 26, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/654456/breakdown-of-litter-found-at-chicago-beaches-us-by-type/