Clean up at Samil beach in Vigo with a private group (a company)
Organized by Sandra Otero Ojea
Date & hour
Saturday 09/21/2024
Location
Avenida de Samil, 36212, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, ESP
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Tobacco products with filters
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Bottle caps
Lollipop sticks
Wet wipes
Plastic bottle caps
Food packaging
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Details
| Type of collection | A pie (playa/orilla) |
| Number of participants | 22 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 2 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | 500-1000m |
| Number of bags filled | 6 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 50 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Sí |
| 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? | Sí |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Sí |
| Please specify | palos de batea (unos 20), material de construcción (unos 5kg, ladrilos, etc), tapones de corcho (unos 20) |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | No |
| Have you observed on the beache or on the riverbanks some industrial plastic pellets* also called mermaid tears? | Sí |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Blancos |
| 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 |
| 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 ? | 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.)? | Sí |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Sí |
| Specify which | Festival O Marisquiño y huelga de personal de jardines |
| - Events linked to human work / installations (work sites, construction…) | Sí |
| Specify which | Obras en el paseo de la playa |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Sí |
| Specify which | mareas vivas, más de lo normal en otras mareas vivas previas. |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Sí |
| Please specify | Desembocadura del río Lagares |
| - Near a tourist area | Sí |
| - Near a town | Sí |
| - Near a major shipping area | Sí |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Actividades náuticas |
| Please specify | Paso de barcos al puerto, deportes acuaticos con o sin motor, paso de barcos privados. |
| Please specify | . |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | No |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 400 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 250 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 200 |
 Straws | 20 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 80 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 15 |
 Sandals / shoes | 2 |
 Stir-sticks | 18 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 9 |
| Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 60 |
 Toys | 3 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 15 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 26 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 12 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 23 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 13 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 10 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 8 |
| Lollipop sticks | 80 |
 Cigarette lighters | 6 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 6 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 9 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 3 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 45 |
 Inflatable balloons | 2 |
 Cans | 12 |
| Bottle caps | 80 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 6 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 8 |
 Glass bottles | 1 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 15 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up