Limpieza playa de el Chato.

Organized by Guillermo Gutiérrez Jurado

Date & hour

Sunday 11/23/2025

Location

11011, Cádiz, Andalucía, ESP

Results

Top 10 of collected items

200Glass pieces / ceramic pieces

200Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)

100Fishing: lines, hooks

25Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs

20Plastic bottle caps

20Tobacco products with filters

20Plastic bags and pieces

15Confectionery packets and wrappers

15Glass bottles

15Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl

Details

Type of collectionA pie (playa/orilla)
Number of participants6
Number of schoolchildren0
Length of beach/bank cleaned500-1000m
Number of bags filled10
If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity:40
Do you visit this place often?No
To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area?No
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?No
Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter?No
Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)?
Please specifyBoya de plástico de 2m
Have you observed on the beache or on the riverbanks some industrial plastic pellets* also called mermaid tears?
What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed?Blancos, Otro
What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed?marrones
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)?No
Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ?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.)?
Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…)No
Specify whichbarco mercantes
- Events linked to human work / installations (work sites, construction…)No
- Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…)
Specify whichmareas vivas
- Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the seaNo
- Near a tourist areaNo
- Near a town
- Near a major shipping area
You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...)Actividad de pesca, Actividades náuticas, Otros
Please specifypesca en barco
Please specifysurf, winsurf, padle surf
Please specifymercantes y turismo
During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers?
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.15 días antes de realizar esta limpieza se encontró una tortuga boba fallecida atada con una boya alrededor del cuello ¿existe alguna normativa municipal que provoque que este tipo de residuos sea supervisados periódicamente sus puntos de amarre ?

Litter

Tobacco products with filters20
Straws7
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches)15
Tires0
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags20
Sandals / shoes4
Stir-sticks4
Picnic dishes: plates0
Picnic dishes: cutlery3
Wet wipes (sanitary, textile)10
Toys4
Plastic cups, including lid6
Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers)6
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators4
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs25
Sanitary: Mask3
Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials4
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes.200
Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes100
Shotgun cartridges0
Lollipop sticks5
Cigarette lighters3
Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl15
Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)0
Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl2
Plastic bottle caps20
Inflatable balloons2
Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.)1
Cans9
Bottle caps12
Pieces of iron or scrap iron0
Clothes, tea towels6
Glass bottles15
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces200

Filter medias

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People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up