Date & hour
Wednesday 10/12/2022
Location
Plage du Verdon, 13500, Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
790Tobacco products with filters
320Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
55Food packaging
17Confectionery packets and wrappers
12Plastic bottle caps
10Bottle caps
10Plastic bags and pieces
9Glass bottles
7Picnic dishes: cutlery
6Cans
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 40 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 36 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 20 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 30 |
| 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? | Oui |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Non |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | Oui |
| Please specify | mousse matelas |
| 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 ? | Non |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | 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 | bouche d'égout |
| - 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, Activités portuaires, Activités nautiques |
| Please specify | Port de pêche |
| Please specify | port de Marseille |
| Please specify | Port de plaisance |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Non |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 790 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 2 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 12 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 55 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 2 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 10 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 17 |
 Lollipop sticks | 2 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 5 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 5 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 5 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 3 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 3 |
 Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 6 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 4 |
| Picnic dishes: cutlery | 7 |
 Straws | 3 |
 Stir-sticks | 3 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 4 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 4 |
 Toys | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 2 |
| Glass bottles | 9 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 320 |
| Cans | 6 |
| Bottle caps | 10 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 4 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up