Beach cleanup in Sainte-Marie-de-Ré
Collecte Maif

Top 10 of collected items

Tobacco products with filters	69
Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl	7
Plastic bottle caps	20
Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers)	21
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags	47
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches)	4
Lollipop sticks	11
Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials	2
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs	6
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators	2
Sanitary: Mask	0
Wet wipes (sanitary, textile)	1
Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm	16
Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm	173
Plastic cups, including lid	6
Straws	1
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes.	77
Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes	17
Shotgun cartridges	1
Cigarette lighters	1
Sandals / shoes	1
Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.)	11
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces	22
Cans	2
Bottle caps	2
Pieces of iron or scrap iron	5
Clothes, tea towels	13

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