Date & hour
Sunday 10/16/2022
Location
Port des Pêcheurs, 64200, Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
1 600Tobacco products with filters
49Confectionery packets and wrappers
37Lollipop sticks
37Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
36Food packaging
19Pieces of iron or scrap iron
13Bottle caps
12Stir-sticks
8Cans
6Plastic bottle caps
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 50 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 3 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 90 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Non |
| To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area? | Non |
| 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? | Oui |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Oui |
| Please specify | entre 1000 et 2000 granulés plastique |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | Oui |
| Please specify | Chaine d’ancrage accastillage, morceau de pot de fleur, bois manufacturé, macroplastiques, objets métalliques : chaîne & barre de fer, morceau de tuyaux d’arrosage, filets de pêche |
| 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 ? | 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, Rouge |
| 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 | Non |
| - Near a major shipping area | Oui |
| - Near a tourist area | Oui |
| - 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 de pêche |
| Please specify | port des pêcheurs de Biarritz |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 1600 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 2 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 6 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 36 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 6 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 49 |
| Lollipop sticks | 37 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 2 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 37 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 6 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 2 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 1 |
 Straws | 2 |
| Stir-sticks | 12 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 1 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 2 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 1 |
 Glass bottles | 3 |
| Cans | 8 |
| Bottle caps | 13 |
| Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 19 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 3 |
Filter medias
1
2
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up