Pas de vacances pour les déchets - Plages du Mourillon - Toulon - Mission Sud (Jour 1)
Organized by Chercheurs En Herbe
Date & hour
Saturday 08/26/2023
Location
Promenade Henri Fabre, 83000, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Tobacco products with filters
Bottle caps
Cans
Food packaging
Plastic bottle caps
Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L
Glass bottles
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Plastic bags and pieces
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 36 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 500 à 1000m |
| Number of bags filled | 10 |
| 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? | Oui |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Oui |
| Please specify | 26 paquets de cigarette et 1 bouteille de protoxyde d'azote |
| 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? | Non |
| 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 | toulon plages 25/08/23 |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Non |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Oui |
| Please specify | L'Eygoutier |
| - 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 portuaires, Activités nautiques |
| Please specify | pêche à la ligne |
| Please specify | plaisanciers, Bateaux pour la corse |
| Please specify | voilier, kayak, bateau à moteur |
| 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 | 59 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 20 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 77 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 100 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 50 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 50 |
 Lollipop sticks | 4 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 3 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 5 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 50 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 20 |
 Straws | 4 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 45 |
 Cigarette lighters | 4 |
| Glass bottles | 56 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 30 |
| Cans | 145 |
| Bottle caps | 159 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 20 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up