Quantifying the beach litter from Manado Bay (northern Sulawesi, Indonesia), which lies in the Coral Triangle, over a 5-year period (2018-2022)

The dataset contains information about the weight and amount of beach litter taken over 5 years (2018 to 2022), based on type of material, the nature of material, size (macro- and meso-size). The data was obtained once a year from September to November, and they were collected from 2 sites (Malalayang Beach and Bailang Beach) in Manado Bay, within the administrative area of Manado City, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.