🌊 𝙸𝙽𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙰𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙾𝙲𝙴́𝙰𝙽𝙴 SURFRIDER Finistère 🚩 Plage de Tronoën ~ Collecte de déchets sur la plage / Sciences Participatives
Organized by Surfrider Groupe Finistère Sud
Date & hour
Sunday 04/07/2024
Location
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
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Shotgun cartridges
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces
Plastic bags and pieces
Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl
Food packaging
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 90 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 7 |
| 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? | 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 ? | Non |
| 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.)? | Non |
| - 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 | Non |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Activités de pêche, Activités nautiques |
| Please specify | pêche hauturière et côtière |
| Please specify | surf |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 10 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 16 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 176 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 16 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 18 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 3 |
 Lollipop sticks | 14 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 9 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 24 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 1 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 1 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 65 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 350 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 2 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 1592 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 23 |
 Toys | 3 |
 Cigarette lighters | 1 |
 Sandals / shoes | 3 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 6 |
| Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 19 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 10 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up