Recogida de residuos en la playa con Surfrider Barcelona y TechStyle
Organized by Barcelona Surfrider
Date & hour
Wednesday 05/03/2023
Location
La Estrella Herida, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 08003, La Barceloneta, Barcelona, Cataluña, ESP
Results
Top 10 of collected items
12 500Tobacco products with filters
200Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
158Wet wipes
62Clothes, tea towels
60Pieces of iron or scrap iron
57Lollipop sticks
55Plastic bottle caps
41Bottle caps
39Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
35Plastic bags and pieces
Details
| On foot (beach/river banks) | |
| 20 | |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| 500-1000m | |
| 4 | |
| Do you visit this place often? | Yes |
| To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area? | Yes |
| 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? | Yes |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Yes |
| Please specify | papel fragments, construction material, pieces of wood, wood icecream stick, paper cups |
| 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? | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Please specify | between two rivers, el prat de llobregat y el besos |
| - Near a major shipping area | Yes |
| - Near a tourist area | Yes |
| - Near a town | Yes |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Fishing, Harbour activities, Nautical activities |
| Please specify | people do ilegual fishing |
| Please specify | people do yoga and exercises close to the water |
| Please specify | we are next to a port, several boats pass by |
| 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. | we belive we need a category for paper because we did find a lot here in barcelona fragments of paper, paper cups, paper bags |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 12500 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 1 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 55 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 3 |
 Toys | 3 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 13 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 4 |
| Lollipop sticks | 57 |
| Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 158 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 200 |
 Straws | 31 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 35 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 2 |
 Cans | 1 |
| Bottle caps | 41 |
| Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 60 |
| Clothes, tea towels | 62 |
 Glass bottles | 3 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 39 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up