🌊 𝙸𝙽𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙰𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙾𝙲𝙴́𝙰𝙽𝙴 SURFRIDER Finistère 🚩 Plage de Tronoën ~ Collecte de déchets sur la plage / Sciences Participatives
Organized by Surfrider Groupe Finistère Sud
Date & hour
Sunday 01/28/2024
Location
209-209 Lieu-dit Pen Ar Vouëz, 29120, Saint-Jean-Trolimon, Finistère, Bretagne, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Plastic bottle caps
Clothes, tea towels
Plastic bags and pieces
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Lollipop sticks
Medical waste : packaging / tubes
Shotgun cartridges
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 30 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 500 à 1000m |
| Number of bags filled | 3 |
| Do you visit this place often? | Oui |
| 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 | GPI |
| 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? | 10 - 100 |
| 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? | Transparent, 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 | Grandes marées et tempêtes |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Non |
| - Near a major shipping area | Oui |
| - Near a tourist area | Non |
| - Near a town | Non |
| 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 | Pêche au Chalut - Guilvinec |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 15 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 10 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 10 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 218 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 7 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 10 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 46 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 7 |
| Lollipop sticks | 27 |
| Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 26 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 35 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 1 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 0 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 0 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 46 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 1000 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 3 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 0 |
 Straws | 0 |
 Stir-sticks | 0 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 3000 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 2 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 20 |
 Toys | 10 |
 Inflatable balloons | 0 |
 Tires | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 2 |
 Sandals / shoes | 0 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 3 |
 Glass bottles | 0 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 3 |
 Cans | 0 |
 Bottle caps | 1 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 4 |
| Clothes, tea towels | 48 |
Filter medias
2
2
2
2
1
3
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up