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Justin Deanda joined the clean up effort from El Segundo and was inspired to join because he spends so much time at the beach with his daughter. As our culture shifts to one of convenience, Quinn said the most common types of trash picked up during beach cleanups are single use plastics like bottle caps, straws, fast food containers and chip bags. Another common item is cigarette butts.“The big issue with single-use plastics is that those plastics, as they come down through our storm drain system, they break into smaller and smaller pieces,” she said.