Monitoring Photo Gallery

This searchable photo gallery is a useful tool for hard-to-classify items. If you find an item that you don’t know how to record, search for a material type in the 'Search Photos' box below. For general categories, select one of the links below.

A printable field version of the photo gallery is also available.

Plastic

Assorted hard plastic fragments found on a beach.

Variety of foam debris found on Mosiquito Creek beach, WA.

Filmed plastic sheet found on the beach at Walk on Beach, CA.

Plastic food wrapper found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

An assortment of plastic beverage bottles found on Norwegian Memorial Beach, WA.

Plastic bait container found on Doran Beach in Bodega Bay, CA.

Plastic bottle cap found on the beach at Dakavak Bay, AK.

Plastic cigar tip found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

Cigarettes found on Kahala-Waialea Beach Park, HI.

Disposable cigarette lighters found on a beach.

Plastic 6-pack rings found at Dry Creek West beach, WA.

Plastic sandwich bag found along East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

Yellow, synthetic rope used in oyster aquaculture found on Roosevelt Beach, WA.

Plastic buoy with barnacles found on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

A clump of fishing line found on the beach.

Polystyrene cup found on the shore.

Plastic utensils found on the beach in California.

Plastic straw fond on the beach.

Mylar balloon found on the shoreline of the Great Lakes.

Plastic hand soap bottle found on Hogg Island, Blue Fox Bay, Afognak, AK.

Paddle blade found on Kamilo Beach, Big Island (Hawaii), HI.