Date & hour
Saturday 01/08/2022
Location
Praia das Maçãs, Esplanda Vasco da Gama, 2705-300, Praia das Maçãs, Sintra, Lisboa, PRT
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Lollipop sticks
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Straws
Sandals / shoes
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Tobacco products with filters
Plastic bottle caps
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 10 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 3 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 5 |
| 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 | Wood with plastic glued to it. Big planks etc.. 7 or 8 at least.. |
| 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? | 1 - 10 |
| 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? | 1 - 10 |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Transparent, Blanc, Noir, Rouge, Autre |
| 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…) | Oui |
| Specify which | A river flows towards the beach which crosses several towns that discharge factory, agricultural, construction and private waste |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Non |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Non |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Oui |
| Please specify | River flowing into the Ocean |
| - 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 |
| Please specify | On the beach, on the rocks and on fishing boats |
| Please specify | None |
| 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. | It was very gratifying to see that beyond the volunteers who took part many beach ongoers started to participate as well from children to elder people and many were interested in reading the placard which raises awareness. Most of the waste is expelled by the strong Atlantic swells and winds to shore, from the river, from fishingboats and from waste people leave on the beach. The main waste was styrofoam, quetips, plastic particles from bigger plastic objects like fish drawers. There is also a lot of plastic of unknown origin and cigarettes. How can we try to find out where it comes from and act so that it stops being dumped into the oceans, rivers, lakes etc?? That is my biggest question and the one that will stop more waste being piled up and washed up on the beaches or lain on the seabed destroying their habitats. Thank you |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 30 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 2 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 5 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 30 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 20 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 13 |
 Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 23 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 33 |
| Lollipop sticks | 132 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 18 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 132 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 26 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 0 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 5 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 87 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 96 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 12 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 5 |
| Straws | 53 |
 Stir-sticks | 6 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 58 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 14 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 6 |
 Toys | 26 |
 Inflatable balloons | 0 |
 Tires | 0 |
 Cigarette lighters | 7 |
| Sandals / shoes | 37 |
 Glass bottles | 0 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 0 |
 Cans | 0 |
 Bottle caps | 13 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 6 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 3 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up