United States
The National Marine Debris Monitoring Program uses 180 sites along the coastline of the U.S. mainland and Alaska and Hawaii to help determine the sources and changes in marine debris pollution.

Volunteers have been documenting debris on their local beaches since as far back as 1996. To learn more about what they've found, explore our regional and site-level summary reports clicking a region the map below.


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National Data Summary
Total Sources Data from 1996-2007