Nettoyage plage de la côte sauvage au phare de la Coubre - Ecole maternelle Etaules
Organized by 1,2,3 Soleil ! école maternelle
Date & hour
Monday 04/11/2022
Location
Bay of Biscay
Results
Top 10 of collected items
403Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
247Plastic bottle caps
237Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
107Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
67Shellfish aquaculture
57Lollipop sticks
53Bottle caps
51Straws
31Pieces of iron or scrap iron
23Plastic bags and pieces
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 71 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 48 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 100 à 200m |
| Number of bags filled | 4 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 50 |
| 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? | 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? | 1 - 10 |
| 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? | 1 - 10 |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Transparent, Blanc, Rouge, Autre |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | jaune |
| 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 | Diego |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - Near a major shipping area | Oui |
| - Near a tourist area | Oui |
| - Near a town | Non |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Activités de pêche, Zone de conchyliculture, Activités nautiques, Autres |
| Please specify | loisir, professionnelle |
| Please specify | Ostréïculture |
| Please specify | surf |
| Please specify | Camping |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 6 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 2 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 247 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 4 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 3 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 23 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 19 |
| Lollipop sticks | 57 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 4 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 11 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 4 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 16 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 237 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 1 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 5 |
| Straws | 51 |
 Stir-sticks | 10 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 403 |
 Toys | 21 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
 Sandals / shoes | 1 |
| Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 67 |
 Glass bottles | 3 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 107 |
| Bottle caps | 53 |
| Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 31 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 1 |
Filter medias
1
2
2
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up