Date & hour
Thursday 12/02/2021
Location
Plage de la Salie, 33260, La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
2 135Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
198Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
180Plastic bottle caps
53Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
49Tobacco products with filters
41Shotgun cartridges
32Lollipop sticks
17Clothes, tea towels
13Plastic bags and pieces
9Shellfish aquaculture
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 27 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | + de 1000m |
| Please specify | 2000 |
| Number of bags filled | 3 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 40 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Non |
| 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? | Nsp |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Non |
| 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)? | Oui |
| Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre? | + 100 |
| Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ? | Non |
| 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.)? | Non |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Oui |
| Please specify | Salie |
| - Near a major shipping area | Nsp |
| - Near a tourist area | Nsp |
| - Near a town | Nsp |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Autres |
| Please specify | Indus |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 49 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 1 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 4 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 180 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 6 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 1 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 13 |
| Lollipop sticks | 32 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 198 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 5 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 6 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 7 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 2135 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 3 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 53 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 41 |
 Toys | 3 |
| Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 9 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 2 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 2 |
| Clothes, tea towels | 17 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up