SANDY HOOK, N.J. The Jersey shore's 127 miles of beaches are famous for their beauty and natural wonder. <\/p>\n
And once a year, they're also famous for the disgusting debris either left behind by beachgoers or washed up with the tides from points unknown. <\/p>\n
The Clean Ocean Action environmental group on Monday released its annual list of trash picked up by volunteers during spring and fall cleanups last year. <\/p>\n
Items retrieved from the sands included a whoopee cushion, parking meter, bra padding, wig and stun gun. Also found were a clay sculpture of baby Jesus, a trash bag full of loose arcade tickets, and a TV remote. (Yes, THAT's where you put it.) <\/p>\n
Plastic pieces were the most common trash, comprising 13 percent of the more than 315,000 items collected from the shoreline. <\/p>\n
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