opérations de nettoiement

Organized by Djikimbo DIATTA

Date & hour

Saturday 10/21/2023

Location

N 6, Ziguinchor, SEN

Results

Top 10 of collected items

68Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L

66Plastic bags and pieces

60Confectionery packets and wrappers

45Plastic bottle caps

40Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm

40Plastic cups

34Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl

30Picnic dishes: plates

30Picnic dishes: cutlery

20Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)

Details

Type of collectionA pied (plage/berges)
Number of participants500
Number of schoolchildren300
Length of beach/bank cleaned+ de 1000m
Please specify5KM
Number of bags filled100
If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity:40
Do you visit this place often?Non
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?Oui
Please specifyalgues
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 seaOui
Please specifyRizières
- Near a major shipping areaOui
- Near a tourist areaOui
- Near a townOui
You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...)Activités de pêche
Please specifyprésence d'un quai de peche
During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers?Non
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.Pensez vous que c'est une bonne idée d'enterrer les algues?

Litter

Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl68
Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl34
Plastic bottle caps45
Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers)00
Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)20
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags66
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches)60
Lollipop sticks00
Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials00
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs00
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators00
Sanitary: Mask00
Wet wipes (sanitary, textile)00
Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm00
Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm40
Plastic cups, including lid40
Picnic dishes: plates30
Picnic dishes: cutlery30
Straws00
Stir-sticks00
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes.10
Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes10
Shotgun cartridges00
Toys00
Inflatable balloons00
Tires00
Cigarette lighters00
Sandals / shoes20
Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.)00
Glass bottles10
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces10
Cans05
Bottle caps05
Pieces of iron or scrap iron00
Clothes, tea towels10
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up