Lifecycle stage
Plastic collected from the environment
Recorded plastics removed through clean-ups and interception programmes; coverage is incomplete.
Trend
Plastic collected from the environment by organisation
Breakdown
Plastic collected from the environment by organisation
Raw data
Public observations only. Provisional estimates are labelled; internal records and empty placeholders are excluded.
| Block | Year | Category | Value | Units | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2015 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2016 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2017 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2018 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2019 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2020 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2021 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2022 | SPREP | 494.5 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2022 | Total | 494.5 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2023 | POLYP | 49.04 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2023 | SPREP | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2023 | Total | 49.04 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2024 | POLYP | 20.57 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2024 | SPREP | 45 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Plastic collected from the environment by organisation | 2024 | Total | 65.57 | tonnes | derived | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2015 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2016 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2017 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2018 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2019 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2020 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2021 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2022 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2023 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
| Environmental collections by plastic type | 2024 | Total | 0 | tonnes | derivedProvisional | SPREP and POLYP environmental clean-up records SPREP / POLYP / Litter Intelligence Provenance notesEvent data compiled from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports; overlapping events are removed where identifiable. |
Method and limitations
Plastic collected from the environment
This page records plastic removed from beaches, rivers and other environments by clean-ups and interception programmes.
How it is produced
Event records from Litter Intelligence and published SPREP reports are converted to consistent units and added by organisation and year. Known duplicate events are counted once.
Read with care
Only reported events are included, so totals are incomplete. Shared events can still create overlap. Direct annual data from Trashboom, POLYP, SPREP and Eco Guardians is the preferred source.