Litter composition by volume

The graphs in this section show the composition of litter volume data recorded by the study in 2023-24, reported as the number of litres per 1000m².

Most-littered items

The chart below shows the litter item types recorded by the KLIS in 2023–24, by volume.

Other food packages (e.g. soy fish bottles), water bottles (under 1 litre), and plastic cups are the top 3 most-littered item types, accounting for 62% of all litter volume.

The top 10 individual items account for 57% of all litter by volume.

Litter by category

The chart below shows the litter categories recorded by the KLIS in 2023–24 by volume.

Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) drink containers, takeaway and beverage and miscellaneous plastic categories account for almost 76% of all litter by volume.

Litter by material

The chart below shows the material composition of the litter recorded by the KLIS in 2023–24 by volume. Almost 70% of the litter was plastic, which is comparable to 2022–23. The next-largest category was glass (10%), followed by paper and cardboard (9%).