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The number is apparently correct. Plastic caps/lids make for the 2nd most common item (by count) of SINGLE-USE plastic marine litter. Cigarette buds are number 1 with 19% though, and cotton bud sticks are 3rd with 10%. As a total of the whole (so not just single-use), plastic caps are 5%. Plastic string and cord from fishing makes up over 15% though.
Plastic bottles make up 5% of SUP marine waste, so apparently, people do throw away 2.5 times more caps than bottles. They're also much easier to lose, when not attached.
source (in english, despite the link) from the EU, via google
So, if you reduce the number of bottlecap thrown away from 13% to 5% (as in, the same as bottles), that's a pretty big drop in marine litter. And it's probably a LOT easier than teacher smokers not to be fucking pigs.