Mi pueblo limpio: Retirada de residuos de la playa de Valdearenas en Piélagos, Cantabria, España
Organized by Encarni Cantero Pinto
Date & hour
Saturday 02/11/2023
Location
Carretera CA-305, 39120, Piélagos, Cantabria, ESP
Results
Top 10 of collected items
2 700Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
2 300Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
230Plastic bottle caps
150Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
150Plastic bags and pieces
80Sanitary waste: Tampons
60Wet wipes
50Glass bottles
40Cans
40Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)
Details
| Type of collection | A pie (playa/orilla) |
| Number of participants | 105 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 32 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | + de 1000m |
| Please specify | 2000 |
| Number of bags filled | 125 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 30 |
| Do you visit this place often? | No |
| To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area? | Sí |
| 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? | No |
| 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? | Transparentes, Blancos |
| 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)? | No |
| Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ? | Sí |
| Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre? | 1 - 10 |
| 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.)? | No |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Sí |
| Please specify | Río Pas |
| - Near a tourist area | Sí |
| - Near a town | Sí |
| - Near a major shipping area | No lo sé |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Actividad de pesca |
| Please specify | Deportiva |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | No |
| 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. | Se recogieron y pesaron un total de 470 kilos de basura. Las cifras proporcionadas para los distintos elementos recogidos de la ficha son estimaciones. |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 40 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 2300 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 2700 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 30 |
 Tires | 2 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 150 |
 Sandals / shoes | 10 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 15 |
| Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 60 |
 Toys | 5 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 40 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 80 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 30 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 35 |
 Cigarette lighters | 15 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 20 |
| Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 40 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 25 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 230 |
 Inflatable balloons | 15 |
| Cans | 40 |
 Bottle caps | 10 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 20 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 20 |
| Glass bottles | 50 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 150 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up