Date & hour
Thursday 06/13/2024
Location
Plage du Vivier, 40600, Biscarrosse, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Plastic bags and pieces
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Tobacco products with filters
Lollipop sticks
Pieces of iron or scrap iron
Plastic bottle caps
Food packaging
Bottle caps
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
Shotgun cartridges
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 17 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 13 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 500 à 1000m |
| Number of bags filled | 3 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Non |
| 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? | Nsp |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Non |
| 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)? | Non |
| 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.)? | Non |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - Near a major shipping area | Nsp |
| - 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 | Au loin en mer |
| Please specify | RAS |
| Please specify | Promeneurs |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Non |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 17 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 2 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 1 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 5 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 5 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 30 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 1 |
| Lollipop sticks | 10 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 1 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 1 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 1 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 30 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 1 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 2 |
 Glass bottles | 1 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 3 |
| Bottle caps | 3 |
| Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 8 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 1 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up