14 DAY TRIAL // Back in last year's September, 561,633 volunteers agreed to take part in the International Coastal Cleanup.
Following their patrolling 17,719 miles (28,516 kilometers) of coastlines and waterways around the world, they managed to collect a whopping 10,149,988 pounds (4,603,957.11 kilograms) of trash.
While the fact that trash somehow keeps piling up in these areas is no news, many will be surprised to hear that, apart from their collecting cigarette butts, food wrappers, plastic bottles and bags, and other such items, the volunteers also stumbled upon some more peculiar pieces of junk.
Thus, it appears that they found candles, lottery tickets, mattresses and toothbrushes.
Tree Hugger quotes Nicholas Mallos, a specialist currently working with the Ocean Conservancy, who wished to stress the fact that, “Whether it's the smallest bottle cap to the weirdest finds, like the 117 mattresses collected, every piece of trash affects the health of our ocean.”