In just that small stretch of beach they collected a massive 7561 items that weighed 3880 kilograms.

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The other pain is that the patient is not in a Walgreen store picking up items like lipstick and beach balls on the way to the prescription counter.

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Prohibited items also include beverages, footballs and beach balls, noisemakers and horns.

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Wales recorded the highest density of beach litter, with more than 2, 600 items found on every kilometre of coastline surveyed, followed by England, Scotland, the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Welsh beaches are most littered

In 1994, 530 items of plastic were found per kilometre of beach compared to more than 1, 000 in 2004.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Welsh beaches are most littered

As one drives down the beach road, many residents have thrown out mountains of household items which are no longer salvageable.

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