Aerial surveys of Hawaii's coastlines have found thousands of pieces of debris, much of it plastic, and a small amount of debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan, the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has announced. The surveys of the beaches were carried out from August to November of last year, and were funded by Japan's environment ministry. In addition to the plastic, they found items like buoys, tires, and even vessels. The island of Niihau had the most debris, with officials finding 7,871 pieces, 46 percent of it plastic. Other common items were buoys and floats, the DLNR said in a statement posted to Facebook. They found 2,200 pieces of debris on the island of Hawaii, 52 percent of it plastic, and 1,849 pieces on Kauai's coastline, nearly half of it plastic. "This survey found a very limited amount of debris associated with the Japan tsunami," Suzanne Case, the DLNR chair, said in the statement. "Most of what was mapped is common, everyday items that someone