Date & hour
Sunday 01/16/2022
Location
Camino Viejo de Santa Pola a Alicante, 03295, Elche, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, ESP
Results
Top 10 of collected items
200Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
106Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
60Tobacco products with filters
53Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl
52Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
32Cans
32Plastic bottle caps
25Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
25Food packaging
21Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L
Details
| Type of collection | A pie (playa/orilla) |
| Number of participants | 43 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 3 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | + de 1000m |
| Please specify | 2500 |
| Number of bags filled | 21 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 80 |
| Do you visit this place often? | No |
| To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area? | No |
| 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? | Sí |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | No |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | No |
| Have you observed on the beache or on the riverbanks some industrial plastic pellets* also called mermaid tears? | Sí |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Blancos, Otro |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | naranja |
| 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)? | Sí |
| Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre? | 10 - 100 |
| Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ? | No |
| 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.)? | Sí |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Sí |
| Specify which | 1 media maratón |
| - Events linked to human work / installations (work sites, construction…) | No |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | No |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | No |
| - Near a tourist area | Sí |
| - Near a town | Sí |
| - Near a major shipping area | No |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Actividad de pesca, Actividades náuticas |
| Please specify | pesca con caña |
| Please specify | motos de agua |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Sí |
| Do not hesitate to ask us questions about the wastes you have found or to write us anything that seems useful for the Ocean Initiatives. Feel free, the best ideas never remain stowed in the drawers. | Creo que a través de la plataforma se podría enviar correos a los participantes que así lo quieran de las limpiezas que se organizan en la zona donde residen. Gracias. |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 60 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 200 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 8 |
 Straws | 0 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 6 |
 Tires | 0 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 3 |
 Sandals / shoes | 0 |
 Stir-sticks | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 0 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 6 |
 Toys | 0 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 10 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 25 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 3 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 52 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 2 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 0 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 25 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 6 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 0 |
 Lollipop sticks | 10 |
 Cigarette lighters | 2 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 53 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 2 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 21 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 32 |
 Inflatable balloons | 0 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 0 |
| Cans | 32 |
 Bottle caps | 2 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 5 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 6 |
 Glass bottles | 15 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 106 |
Filter medias
2
1
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up