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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CIGARETTES TOPPED TRASH ON BEACHES <br /> <br /> In 2007, cigarettes butts, filters and cigar tips accounted for rearly <br /> 2.3 million debris items collected worldwide. <br /> <br /> Top 10 debris items <br /> Cigarettesrcigarette filters Cupsleating utensils <br /> ;176,294 <br /> Food wrappers/containers Beverage bottles (glass) <br /> 633,612 349,143 <br /> Caps/lids Cigar tips Ncte: Top 10 <br /> 050,088 325,893 debris items <br /> Sags Stravrslstirrers worldwide: 6.1 <br /> 587,827 324,680 million items: <br /> Beverage bottles (plastic) Beverage cans debris worldwide: <br /> 494,647 303,292 7.2 million items <br /> <br /> Source: Ocean Conservancy Associated Press <br /> <br /> <br /> UNCLEAN BEACHES <br /> In 2007, smoking-related <br /> activities produced one-third <br /> or the trash collected on <br /> <br /> beaches worldwide. <br /> Debris source, by activity <br /> <br /> Shorelire and Smoking- <br /> ,ecreetional relaters <br /> 57.4% 33.6% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ocean and <br /> <br /> Dump ng* waterway <br /> 2.8% 6.3% <br /> "Includes 0.8 percent for medical <br /> and personal hygiene <br /> <br /> Source: Ocean Conservancy <br /> Associated Press <br />