A Few Beach Clean Stats

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Total counts per year (pieces of litter)

2025 to date:

10 trips

2727

2024 to date:

63 trips

9493

2023 Total:

82 trips

12485

2022 Total:

110 trips

20369

Pre-2022

285 trips

40196

Litter Map

Top Ten

Data Tables

Litter Mapping

All of the litter that I collect is photographed, tagged and uploaded to a map. This allows an easy visualisation of the litter problem. To do this, I work with OpenLitterMap.
(Note: at the moment I believe I am still the only person tagging in Christchurch so the markers in this area are all mine, but that may change!)

This is a screenshot of my litter finds taken on 19th November 2021.

Open Litter Map screenshot

On the live map, you can click any of the markers to zoom in further and even see individual items in place:

Open Litter Map screenshot

Top 10 litter culprits by Type of Litter

Type of Litter: 2024

Food Packaging

815

Drink Can

159

Beach Toy

140

Takeaway Cutlery

109

Label

109

Takeaway Food Packaging

105

Sweet Wrapper

Receipt

Drink Bottle

Cup

Type of Litter: 2023

Food Packaging

972

Drink Can

248

Beach Toy

197

Sweet Wrapper

191

Cigarette Butt

150

Drink Bottle

149

Takeaway Cutlery

109

Label

Receipt

Dog Poo Bag

Type of Litter: 2022

Food Packaging

1559

Cigarette Butt

455

Sweet Wrapper

377

Beach Toy

277

Label

263

Drink Can

252

Bottle Top

206

Takeaway Sachet

195

Broken Bottle

191

Receipt

190

Type of Litter: 2021

Food Packaging

1449

Smoking Cigarette Butt

860

Microplastic

511

Takeaway Sachet

435

Label

435

Drink Can

401

Sweet Wrapper

360

Bottle Top

340

Lolly Stick

292

Takeaway Drink Stirrer

290

Statistics

All of my data is open source and available to download in JSON format. There are over 30k lines of data, it may take a while for the page to fully load.

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You can also get all my source data direct from Open Litter Map. Please note that this data isn't as complete as my own raw data.

Seashorty @ OpenLitterMap

Record of solo beach cleans and litter found

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Litter Breakdown

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Category

Brand

Type

Material

FileName	CreateDate	Latitude	Longitude	Keywords	Category	Brand
IMG_6465.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.62"N	1°44'25.83"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6466.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.40"N	1°44'25.99"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6467.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.38"N	1°44'26.01"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6469.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.37"N	1°44'26.01"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6471.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.36"N	1°44'26.01"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6473.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.31"N	1°44'26.11"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6475.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.31"N	1°44'26.13"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6477.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.29"N	1°44'26.12"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6478.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.41"N	1°44'26.10"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6479.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.44"N	1°44'26.25"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6481.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.45"N	1°44'26.26"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6482.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.45"N	1°44'26.26"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6484.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.44"N	1°44'26.33"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6485.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.44"N	1°44'26.34"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6487.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.37"N	1°44'26.17"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6489.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.20"N	1°44'26.20"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6491.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.25"N	1°44'26.23"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6493.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.25"N	1°44'26.20"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6495.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.25"N	1°44'26.25"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6497.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.29"N	1°44'26.31"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6499.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.26"N	1°44'26.52"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6501.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.15"N	1°44'26.21"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6503.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.23"N	1°44'26.16"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6505.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.26"N	1°44'26.15"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6506.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.38"N	1°44'25.76"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6507.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.45"N	1°44'25.97"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6509.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.62"N	1°44'26.16"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6511.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.68"N	1°44'26.25"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6513.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.26"N	1°44'26.26"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6514.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.27"N	1°44'26.31"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6515.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.11"N	1°44'26.42"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6516.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.00"N	1°44'26.12"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6518.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.09"N	1°44'26.25"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6520.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.08"N	1°44'26.29"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6522.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.14"N	1°44'26.29"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6524.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.47"N	1°44'26.22"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6526.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.12"N	1°44'26.51"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6528.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.31"N	1°44'26.21"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6530.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.36"N	1°44'26.27"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6531.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.40"N	1°44'26.28"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6533.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.45"N	1°44'26.47"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6534.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.40"N	1°44'26.41"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6535.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.48"N	1°44'26.21"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6536.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.16"N	1°44'26.33"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6537.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.23"N	1°44'26.29"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6538.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.19"N	1°44'26.27"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6540.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.22"N	1°44'26.11"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6542.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.42"N	1°44'25.87"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6543.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.25"N	1°44'25.82"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6544.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.25"N	1°44'25.89"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6545.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.14"N	1°44'26.41"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6546.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.03"N	1°44'26.51"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6547.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.11"N	1°44'26.41"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6550.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.36"N	1°44'26.31"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6551.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.36"N	1°44'26.31"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6553.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.49"N	1°44'26.28"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6554.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.49"N	1°44'26.20"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded
IMG_6555.JPG	13/12/2025	50°43'37.26"N	1°44'26.24"W	Plastic	Litter - Marine	Not recorded

Food Packaging,Drink Can,Beach Toy,Takeaway Cutlery,Label,Takeaway Food Packaging,Sweet Wrapper,Receipt,Drink Bottle,Cup,

815,159,140,109,109,105,99,80,69,65,

Food Packaging,Drink Can,Beach Toy,Sweet Wrapper,Cigarette Butt,Drink Bottle,Takeaway Cutlery,Label,Receipt,Dog Poo Bag,

972,248,197,191,150,149,109,91,89,86,

Food Packaging,Cigarette Butt,Sweet Wrapper,Beach Toy,Label,Drink Can,Bottle Top,Takeaway Sachet,Broken Bottle,Receipt,

1559,455,377,277,263,252,206,195,191,190,

Food Packaging,Smoking Cigarette Butt,Microplastic,Takeaway Sachet,Label,Drink Can,Sweet Wrapper,Bottle Top,Lolly Stick,Takeaway Drink Stirrer,

1449,860,511,435,435,401,360,340,292,290,