Collecte de déchets à Port Chantereyne - Trophée de l'Ile Pelée
Organized by Mathilde Gosselin
Date & hour
Thursday 03/09/2023
Location
Port de Plaisance, Place Chantereyne, 50100, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Manche, Normandie, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Tobacco products with filters
Plastic bags and pieces
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Bottle caps
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
Sanitary: Mask
Lollipop sticks
Cans
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 7 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 4 |
| 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)? | 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? | 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 | Chantier naval |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Oui |
| Specify which | Manifestation, festivals de musique, feu d’artifice, courses de bateau |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Oui |
| Specify which | Grande marée, tempête, |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - 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, Activités portuaires, Activités nautiques |
| Please specify | Pro et plaisance |
| Please specify | O |
| Please specify | Industriel, plaisance, pêche |
| Please specify | École de voile, pêche, plaisance |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Non |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 300 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 3 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 3 |
 Plastic bottle caps | 5 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 4 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 50 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 30 |
| Lollipop sticks | 6 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 5 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 1 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 3 |
| Sanitary: Mask | 10 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 22 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 2 |
 Straws | 1 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 30 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 2 |
 Inflatable balloons | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 4 |
 Glass bottles | 2 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 15 |
| Cans | 6 |
| Bottle caps | 20 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 5 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 3 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up