Date & hour
Saturday 12/10/2022
Location
65 Chemin des Garennes, 85270, Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
100Sanitary waste: Tampons
25Glass bottles
20Confectionery packets and wrappers
20Wet wipes
15Food packaging
15Cans
10Medical waste : packaging / tubes
10Plastic cups
8Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
7Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 25 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 2 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | + de 1000m |
| Please specify | 4000m |
| Number of bags filled | 10 |
| 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? | Non |
| 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 | en bordure de plage |
| - Near a major shipping area | Non |
| - 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,...) | Autres |
| Please specify | pas d'activités maritimes |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Non |
Litter
| Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 7 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 3 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 15 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 5 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 4 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 20 |
| Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 10 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 100 |
| Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 20 |
 Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 4 |
| Plastic cups, including lid | 10 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 8 |
 Tires | 1 |
| Glass bottles | 25 |
| Cans | 15 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 7 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up