Trash, from littering, mis-managed trash cans, or uncovered trucks, travels through watersheds via stormwater and ends up in our rivers, bays and ocean. About 60% to 80% comes from our activities on land. A study by the Virginia Aquarium and Clean Virginia Waterways (CVW), funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), found that 83% of trash on Virginia’s beaches was made of plastic, and most of it was single-use items (bottles, cups, straws, food wrappers).