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Single-use plastic beach litter in the Mediterranean in the EU-28 2017
Percentage of single-use plastic items littering the Mediterranean in the European Union (EU-28) as of 2017*
by Ian Tiseo,
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Dec 12, 2018
This statistic displays the percentage of single-use plastics littering beaches in the mediterranean, in the European Union (EU-28) as of 2017. The graph shows that other plastics made up the majority of plastics litter. Cigarette butts were the second most common litter type, making up 24 percent.
Percentage of single-use plastic items littering the Mediterranean in the European Union (EU-28) as of 2017*
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by Ian Tiseo,
last edited
Dec 12, 2018
This statistic displays the percentage of single-use plastics littering beaches in the mediterranean, in the European Union (EU-28) as of 2017. The graph shows that other plastics made up the majority of plastics litter. Cigarette butts were the second most common litter type, making up 24 percent.
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- *Other plastics is made up of fragments, food packaging or nets and ropes
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- *Other plastics is made up of fragments, food packaging or nets and ropes
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