The shores of Italy's lakes are badly hit by trash, according to a report released on Monday by Legambiente.
The Italian environmental association said that it found 2,283 items of trash in a census of 20 sandy areas of Lakes Iseo, Maggiore, Como, Garda and Trasimeno - an average of 2.5 items per square metre.
It said plastic was the most-frequently found type of litter,
accounting for 75.5% of the items found.
This was followed by glass-ceramics (10.3%), metal (4.7%) and
paper-carboard (4.1%).
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