In total, 10 municipa lities in the Netherlands and Belgium were able to supply figures as regards the total cost
of removing beach litt er but very few of these were able to provide a breakdown of these costs. The total cost
of beach litter removal reported by municipa lities was €2,265,415.30 withan average cost of €226,541.53 per
municipa lityper year. Based on this average, removing beach litter costs all municipa lities in the Netherlands
and Belgium a total of €10.4 million per year.