If you’re like me, it’s hard to just walk by trash carelessly strewn on the ground.

I live at the Jersey shore and my daily walks end up being “littered” with picking up other people’s trash. Cigarette butts abound. Styrofoam bubbles. Coffee cups. Beer and soda cans. It’s difficult for me to understand the people who create the mess and almost equally challenging to understand people who just walk on by. It’s ALL of our business, so bend over and pick up!

The Ocean Conservancy recently stated that nearly seven million pounds of debris was collected during a single day last year from the world’s seas, waterways and shorelines.

According to the group’s report released Tuesday, nearly 400,000 volunteers scoured about 17,000 miles of coastline, river bottoms and ocean floors during its 23rd International Coastal Cleanup in September.

Cigarette butts topped the list of trash collected with more than 3.2 million. That’s followed by about 1.4 million plastic bags. Volunteers also collected 26,585 tires, enough for 6,646 cars - and a spare.

The next beach worldwide cleanup is Sept. 19!!!!

Top 10 debris items found worldwide during the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup in September 2008:

Cigarettes and filters, 3,216,991

Plastic bags, 1,377,141

Food wrappers and containers, 942,620

Caps and lids, 937,804

Plastic bottles, 714,892

Paper bags, 530,607

Straws and stirrers, 509,593

Cups, plates, forks, knives and spoons, 441,053

Glass bottles, 434,990

Drink cans, 401,412

Source: (CBS/AP)