It made the judges' decision on what was the weirdest item collected a bit difficult, but the plastic drumstick won out in the end.
Among the rubbish collected for recycling was 6kg of paper, 10kg of cardboard, 37.5kg of plastic bottles, 12.9kg of cans, 142kg of glass and 2.8kg of plastic bags.
It surpassed last year's total collection of 1133kg.
The cleanup, organised by the Department of Conservation and the Dunedin City Council for Seaweek, attracted community groups and families from around the city.
Keith and Tangi Malcolm, with their two 11-year-olds David and Jack, have won the biggest single collection for the past three years, filling a trailer and car boot with rubbish from around the Water of Leith outfall and Portsmouth Dr area.
They had noticed increasing amounts of rubbish over the years and this year came away with beds, a microwave, bikes, and "a lot of bottles", including many coke bottles.
"People just seem too lazy to go to the tip," Mr Malcolm said.
About 50 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints scoured the coastline on Saturday for about 13km, from Glenfalloch to St Leonards, ending up with more than 100 bags full of rubbish.
Otago-Southland director of public affairs for the church Suzanne Gillies said the decision to clean up the area coincided with the start of Seaweek and was a part of the Latter-Day Saints' helping hands project.
They cleaned the same area last year, and Mrs Gillies said more smaller items were collected this year, compared with the car parts and home appliances found in 2008. A mattress, lipstick, calculator, supermarket trolley, bed head, tyre and dozens of broken bottles were among their collection.
