Date & hour
Saturday 11/26/2022
Location
Plage du Centre, Rue de la Plage, 64210, Bidart, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Plastic bottle caps
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Plastic bags and pieces
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Lollipop sticks
Shotgun cartridges
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Toys
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 90 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 14 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 40 |
| 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? | Non |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Non |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | Oui |
| Please specify | un siège de stade/bus |
| 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? | 10 - 100 |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | 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.)? | 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…) | Non |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Oui |
| Specify which | une semaine de tempêtes avec forte houle et grandes marées |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Oui |
| Please specify | rivière de l'uhabia |
| - 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 | Pas prêt des côtes |
| Please specify | non |
| Please specify | Surf |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 40 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 18 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 6 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 1331 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 4 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 660 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 70 |
| Lollipop sticks | 153 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 453 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 58 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 7 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 1005 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 1360 |
 Straws | 26 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 280 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 12 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 78 |
| Toys | 64 |
 Cigarette lighters | 47 |
 Glass bottles | 2 |
 Cans | 2 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 15 |
Filter medias
61
46
2
1
1
3
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up