An ocean full of trash.

• Position: ENVIRONMENT - Brief article

This chart shows the top 10 trash items collected in 2014 on the shores of 91 countries. The Ocean Conservancy, an environmental group, compiled the data during a coastal cleanup. What do you notice about the items on the list? Does anything in the data surprise you?

SOURCE: OCEAN CONSERVANCY; FIGURES ROUNDED

1. Cigarette butts 2,248,000 2. Food wrappers (candy, chips, etc.) 1,376,000 3. Plastic bottles 989,000 4 Plastic bottle caps 812,000 5. Straws &amp...