Date & hour
Saturday 10/12/2024
Location
Plage Centrale de Torreilles, 66440, Torreilles, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, FRA
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
Pieces of iron or scrap iron
Bottle caps
Plastic bags and pieces
Plastic bottle caps
Straws
Lollipop sticks
Details
Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
Number of participants | 32 |
Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
Number of bags filled | 6 |
If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 130 |
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? | Non |
Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Oui |
Please specify | Papiers/mouchoirs : 100 - Bois/bois industriel: 37 - Morceaux de béton/briques: 23 |
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.)? | Non |
- 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,...) | Activités nautiques |
Please specify | bateau, jet ski |
During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Non |
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. | Il serait intéressant de rajouter une ligne carton et paquets de cigarettes. Idem pour les bouchons en liège Nous retrouvons aussi beaucoup de papiers (tickets) et mouchoirs, où devons nous les inscrire? |
Litter
Tobacco products with filters | 996 |
Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 7 |
Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 5 |
Plastic bottle caps | 29 |
Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 18 |
Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 0 |
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 32 |
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 87 |
Lollipop sticks | 26 |
Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 9 |
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 3 |
Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 2 |
Sanitary: Mask | 3 |
Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 12 |
Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 191 |
Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 754 |
Plastic cups, including lid | 1 |
Picnic dishes: cutlery | 2 |
Straws | 29 |
Stir-sticks | 1 |
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 6 |
Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 5 |
Shotgun cartridges | 3 |
Toys | 3 |
Tires | 2 |
Cigarette lighters | 3 |
Sandals / shoes | 3 |
Glass bottles | 13 |
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 24 |
Cans | 1 |
Bottle caps | 38 |
Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 84 |
Clothes, tea towels | 24 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up