Date & hour
Wednesday 09/22/2021
Location
Grande Plage, Boulevard du Général de Gaulle, 64200, Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Tobacco products with filters
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Lollipop sticks
Medical waste : packaging / tubes
Plastic bottle caps
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Bottle caps
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 30 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 4 |
| 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 | LARMES DE SIRENES ET MICROPLASTIQUES |
| 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? | + 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…) | Non |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Oui |
| Specify which | PERIODE ESTIVALE |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Oui |
| Specify which | FORTS COEFFICIENTS DE MAREE |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - Near a major shipping area | Non |
| - 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,...) | Autres |
| Please specify | TOURISTIQUE |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Non |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 3000 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 0 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 2 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 18 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 3 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 6 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 14 |
| Lollipop sticks | 25 |
| Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 19 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 28 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 14 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 27 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 5 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 1 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 1 |
 Toys | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
 Sandals / shoes | 1 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 10 |
 Cans | 3 |
| Bottle caps | 12 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 8 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up