India, Sept. 9 -- A record 4,771,602 food wrappers picked up in a single day by 943,195 volunteers ofenvironmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy across 116 countries

Beaches and waterways across the world are most littered by food wrappers, which overtook cigarette butts, according to the results of the 2019 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) organised by international non-profit and environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy.

This was the first time since the start of the annual ICC in 1986 that cigarette butts were displaced by food wrappers , defined by Ocean Conservancy as consisting of chip bags, candy wrappers, drink pouches and similar flexible packaging.

A record 4,771,602 food wrappers were picked up in a single day by...