Initiative Océane organisée par Crowe Dupouy pour le World Clean Up Day

Organized by Paul Lefebvre

Date & hour

Saturday 09/21/2024

Location

47 Rue Louis Gaume, 33260, La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA

Results

Top 10 of collected items

Tobacco products with filters

Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs

Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)

Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm

Wet wipes

Fishing: lines, hooks

Food packaging

Confectionery packets and wrappers

Plastic bags and pieces

Glass pieces / ceramic pieces

Details

Type of collectionA pied (plage/berges)
Number of participants4
Length of beach/bank cleanedDe 200 à 500m
Number of bags filled5
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?Nsp
Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter?Oui
Please specifypétales plastiques type confettis pour les fêtes
Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)?Oui
Please specifyAmpoules, chambres à air de vélo
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?+ 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?+ 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 whichChantier, construction de digue, dragage
Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…)Oui
Specify whichFêtes privées, soirée sur la plage, triathlon, régates...
- Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…)Oui
Specify whichGrande marées, tempêtes
- Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the seaOui
Please specifyRivière la leyre, réseaux d’eaux usées et d’eaux pluviales
- 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, Zone de conchyliculture, Activités portuaires, Activités nautiques
Please specifyZone de pêche pour les amateurs, sur la digue, sur la plage en bas de la dune
Please specifyZone de conchyculture en face, sur le banc d'arguin
Please specifyDe nombreux port sur le bassins plus de 5 dans un rayon de 10km
Please specifyPrésence importante de bateaux à voile à moteur, jetski...
During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers?Oui

Litter

Tobacco products with filters200
Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl16
Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl10
Plastic bottle caps15
Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers)25
Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)0
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags20
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches)25
Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials6
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs100
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators15
Sanitary: Mask0
Wet wipes (sanitary, textile)30
Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm15
Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm50
Plastic cups, including lid2
Picnic dishes: cutlery5
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes.50
Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes30
Shotgun cartridges5
Toys2
Cigarette lighters1
Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.)15
Glass bottles5
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces20
Cans5
Bottle caps15
Pieces of iron or scrap iron5
Clothes, tea towels5

Filter medias

5

0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up