Défi-Plastique 2025! Collecte de mégots et de déchets aquatiques
Organized by Groupe Local Surfrider Finistère Nord
Date & hour
Saturday 03/29/2025
Location
Boulevard Léopold Maissin, 29490, Guipavas, Finistère, Bretagne, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
1 500Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
1 292Tobacco products with filters
839Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
442Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
270Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
179Food packaging
83Cans
69Bottle caps
65Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L
50Pieces of iron or scrap iron
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 300 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 150 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 20 |
| 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? | Oui |
| Please specify | 1050 morceaux de céramique et une cinquantaine d'emballages en cartons |
| 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? | 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 ? | Non |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | 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.)? | Non |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Oui |
| Please specify | l'elorn |
| - 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, Activités nautiques |
| Please specify | à pieds et plaisance |
| Please specify | sports divers |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 1292 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 65 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 0 |
 Plastic bottle caps | 16 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 179 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 0 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 6 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 0 |
 Lollipop sticks | 0 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 0 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 0 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 0 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 0 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 0 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 270 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 442 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 0 |
 Straws | 0 |
 Stir-sticks | 0 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 839 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 3 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 0 |
 Toys | 0 |
 Inflatable balloons | 0 |
 Tires | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
 Sandals / shoes | 5 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 0 |
 Glass bottles | 32 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 1500 |
| Cans | 83 |
| Bottle caps | 69 |
| Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 50 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 18 |
Filter medias
1
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up