S. no. | Region | Abundances | Marine debris | CCI | Author |
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1 | Thondi, Palk Bay, Southeast India | 1636 items/m2 | Plastics, cotton swabs, cigarette butts, and food containers | Clean–extremely dirty | Present study |
2 | Mkomani beach, Kenya | 0.042 items/m2 | Food products packaging, PC, HP, PET, SL, HDPE, PP, and PVC | Extremely dirty | Okuku et al. [21] |
3 | Cyprus | 9.3 items/m2 | PP, and PE | Clean | Loizia et al. [22] |
4 | Red Sea, Eritrea | 0.1 to 0.35 items/m2 | Plastics, cloths, and foamed plastic | Very clean–moderate | Tewelde et al. [23] |
5 | Qatar | 1.98 items/m2 | Plastics, metal, glass, paper, fabric, rubber, processed wood | Dirty to extremely dirty | Veerasingam et al. [24] |
6 | Dungonab and Mukkawar Island Marine National Park, Sudan, Red Sea | 506.2 items/m2 | Plastics, wood, fishing gears, Textile, class, food wrapper/pack, and metals | Very clean–dirty | Ibrahim et al. [25] |
7 | Asparuhovo Beach, Varna, Bulgaria | 0.41 items/m2 | Cigarette butts, plastic/polystyrene pieces, industrial packaging, plastic cups | Moderate | Panayotova et al. [26] |
8 | Beach off southwestern Luzon, Philippines | 0.26 item/g | Plastic bag, disposable cup and a sachet | Dirty | Paler et al.[27] |
9 | Pelagos sanctuary (Ligurian Sea—NW Mediterranean Sea) | 34,027 items/m2 | Plastic, foam/sponge, textiles, rubber and glass, polystyrene | Very clean–extremely dirty | Giovacchini et al. [28] |
10 | Beaches of Arraial do Cabo, RJ, Brazil | 6.06 unites/m2 | Food packaging, straw, bottle cap, disposable cup, swab rod, light stick, and bottle | Prainha beach: dirty–moderate Pontal beach: moderate–dirty Grande beach: clean–moderate | Silva et al. [29] |
11 | Eastern Mediterranean | 3305 items/m2 | Foam, cloth, glass, metal, paper, rubber, and wood | Very clean–extremely dirty | Portman and Brennan [30] |
12 | Salvador, Brazil | 50.82 items/m2 | Plastic, metal, glass, wood, cloth, plastic bag, beverage cans, barbecue wooden sticks, and plastic fragments | Dirty | Fernandino et al. [31] |
13 | North-western Adriatic beaches | 0.2 litter items/m2 | Cigarette butts, unrecognizable plastic pieces, bottle caps, | Clean–dirty | Munari et al. [13] |
14 | Slovenia | 1.51 items/m2 | Caps and lids, lolly sticks, cutlery, cups, drink bottles, drink bottles, fishing ropes, string, cosmetics packaging, fishing net floats, and foam | Extremely dirty | Laglbauer et al. [32] |
15 | Israeli coast | – | Plastic debris | Clean | Alkalay et al. [20] |