This chart presents the share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by the mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste. According to the source, 29 percent of waste were packaging items, whereas smocking related waste accounted for ten percent of the collected items.
On 93 monitored beaches (396,750 square meters), volunteers found over 90 thousand pieces of waste, with an average of 968 items of waste per 100 linear meters of beach.
Share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste
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Legambiente. (May 25, 2019). Share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/719210/waste-items-collected-on-the-italian-beaches-produced-by-mismanagement-of-urban-waste-by-material/
Legambiente. "Share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste." Chart. May 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/719210/waste-items-collected-on-the-italian-beaches-produced-by-mismanagement-of-urban-waste-by-material/
Legambiente. (2019). Share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/719210/waste-items-collected-on-the-italian-beaches-produced-by-mismanagement-of-urban-waste-by-material/
Legambiente. "Share of Items Collected on Italian Beaches Produced by Mismanagement of Urban Waste in Italy in 2019, by Type of Waste." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/719210/waste-items-collected-on-the-italian-beaches-produced-by-mismanagement-of-urban-waste-by-material/
Legambiente, Share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/719210/waste-items-collected-on-the-italian-beaches-produced-by-mismanagement-of-urban-waste-by-material/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of items collected on Italian beaches produced by mismanagement of urban waste in Italy in 2019, by type of waste [Graph], Legambiente, May 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/719210/waste-items-collected-on-the-italian-beaches-produced-by-mismanagement-of-urban-waste-by-material/