Winds and currents in the North Sea can bring marine litter from one country to another. A yoghurt container that is left on a beach in The Netherlands can end up on a beach on the Swedish West Coast. In the Save the North Sea project marine litter is defined as plastics, metal, glass and wood.
Kinds of material This project focus is on marine litter which is defined as Plastics fragments, sheets, bags, containers Polystyrene cups, packaging, buoys Metals drink cans, oil drums, aerosol containers, scrap Wood construction timers, pallets, fragments of both Rubber gloves, boots, tires Paper and cardboard   Cloth clothing, furnishings, shoes Glass bottles, light bulbs Pottery/ceramics   Discarded fishing nets, fishing boxes, ropes   Discarded medical and sanitary equipment   Waste from cargo holds dunnage, wire straps, and covering material such as plastic sheets, and non-harmful cargo residues Waste from households cardboard boxes, empty glass and plastic bottles, tins and other small containers