“…The issue of plastic waste management, recycling, and pollution have been previously investigated in different ecosystems (Faure et al, 2015;Horton, 2022;Isangedighi et al, 2020;Ita-Nagy et al, 2021;Lahens et al, 2018;Strand et al, 2021). Many reports focused on the impact of plastic waste on the marine and extra-marine animals of aquatic ecosystems (Cyvin, et al, 2021;Galloway, 2015;Gasperi et al, 2018;Reddy, 2018;Thompson et al, 2004;Van Cauwenberghe et al, 2013;Wilcox et al, 2015). In Saudi Arabia, a few studies investigated plastic contamination in the marine environment, mixed surface, and treated wastewater (Hassan et al, 2022;Picó et al, 2021) but little information is available on the quantity and types of plastic waste on populated beach areas in Saudi Arabia.…”