Date & hour
Wednesday 10/06/2021
Location
Plage d'Ilbarritz, Avenue d'Ilbarritz, 64200, Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
21Tobacco products with filters
15Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
7Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
5Confectionery packets and wrappers
5Straws
5Shotgun cartridges
1Medical waste : packaging / tubes
1Picnic dishes: cutlery
1Fishing: lines, hooks
1Toys
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 24 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 16 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 1 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Oui |
| To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area? | Oui |
| In your opinion, has the beach been cleaned (presence of beach cleaning machine tracks or beach cleaned regularly) over the two weeks preceding the clean-up? | Non |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Oui |
| Please specify | Coton tige (94) / biomédias (12) |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | Non |
| Have you observed on the beache or on the riverbanks some industrial plastic pellets* also called mermaid tears? | Oui |
| Have you observed on the top of the beach some big densities of industrial plastic pellets (sign of an ancient accumulation linked to spring tides)? | Non |
| Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ? | Oui |
| Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre? | + 100 |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Transparent, Blanc |
| Are you aware of any event in the area that could cause a higher presence of litter (community or private parties, unusual weather conditions, beach parties, etc.)? | Oui |
| - Events linked to human work / installations (work sites, construction…) | Non |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Non |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Oui |
| Specify which | Plage situé près de la bouche de la station d'épuration |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - Near a major shipping area | Nsp |
| - Near a tourist area | Nsp |
| - Near a town | Oui |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Activités nautiques, Autres |
| Please specify | Bateau |
| Please specify | zone de sortie des eaux de station d'épuration |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 21 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 5 |
| Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 1 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 7 |
| Picnic dishes: cutlery | 1 |
| Straws | 5 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 15 |
| Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 1 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 5 |
| Toys | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
 Glass bottles | 0 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 0 |
 Cans | 1 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 1 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 1 |
Filter medias
3
9
1
1
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up