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Plastics – especially cigarette butts and packaging waste such as beverage bottles and single-use bags – are by far the main type of debris found at the beaches. The list goes on: damaged fishing nets, ropes, sanitary towels, balloons, tampons, cotton buds sticks, condoms, disposable lighters amongst many others. Beach and sea floor litter can cause injuries: a study in Australia reflects that 21.6% of beach users received injuries from beach litter at ‘clean’ beaches (defined using the ‘clean coast’ index - approximately 1.69 kg of litter per beach), illustrating that even ‘clean’ beaches pose a threat (Campbell, et al., 2016).