Date & hour
Saturday 11/11/2023
Location
11 Boulevard des Océanides, 44380, Pornichet, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
500Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
117Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
42Plastic bottle caps
42Plastic bags and pieces
36Confectionery packets and wrappers
33Pieces of iron or scrap iron
25Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
22Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L
20Tobacco products with filters
14Clothes, tea towels
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 35 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 6 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Oui |
| To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area? | Non |
| 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 |
| Please specify | 20/m2 |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | Oui |
| Please specify | Partie de bateau(quille?) |
| 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)? | Oui |
| Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre? | 10 - 100 |
| Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ? | Oui |
| Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre? | 10 - 100 |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Transparent, 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.)? | Oui |
| - Events linked to human work / installations (work sites, construction…) | Oui |
| Specify which | Travaux |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Non |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Oui |
| Specify which | Tempêtes/gros coeff |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - 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, Zone de conchyliculture |
| Please specify | Ports de peche |
| Please specify | Conchyliculture |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 20 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 22 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 42 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 42 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 36 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 117 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 5 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 2 |
 Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 10 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 13 |
 Straws | 2 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 500 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 2 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 8 |
 Toys | 4 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 5 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 25 |
 Bottle caps | 6 |
| Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 33 |
| Clothes, tea towels | 14 |
Filter medias
3
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected