A graphic created by The Guardian with data from the Tangaroa Blue Foundation has identified that 75% of rubbish on Australian beaches is plastic.
Over 2 and a half million pieces of debris was collected from beaches and recorded in a database from 2016-2017, with about ¾ of the items made from plastic.
A big motive for the data collection is to help understand where the debris is coming from, to then work with industries and governments to cut off litter at the source.