LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Volunteers picked up a record amount of trash from New Jersey's beaches last year, with plastic items dominating the haul, and bizarre castoffs including male enhancement pills, a set of braces, a glow-in-the-dark condom and a Turkish Airlines hygiene kit found on the sand as well.

The Clean Ocean Action coastal environmental group released its annual report Wednesday on the result of the prior year's beach sweeps. Over 10,000 volunteers picked up over half a million items along the state's 127-mile (204-kilometer) coastline in cleanups held in spring and fall of 2021....