"11 of the World's Most Polluted Beaches: From Paradise to Trash Dump"

Serendipity Beach
Serendipity Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia Cambodia's beaches are dirty, that much is clear. The International Coastal Cleanup brought a lot of trash to Cambodia's shoreline in 2016, which led US News and World Report to name it the dirtiest coastline in the world. Cambodia had more trash than Albania, which had an average of 877 pieces of trash per mile of shore. Cambodia had an average of 1,072 pieces. Serendipity Beach, which is also called Ochheuteal Beach, is no different. All of the reviews on TripAdvisor agree that this beach is dirty. "The beach itself could have been beautiful but is instead filthy with litter," says a user. But photographer Niamh Peren told The Guardian that the fast growth of trash is a sign of a bigger problem. People in Sihanouk have to drink bottled water to stay alive because they don't have a way to filter the water. Water.org says that 4 million Cambodians do not have access to clean water.