Date & hour
Saturday 05/01/2021
Location
2-2 Esplanade du Port Vieux, 64200, Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Tobacco products with filters
Plastic bottles ≤ 0,5 L
Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl
Plastic bottle caps
Food packaging
Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)
Plastic bags and pieces
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Lollipop sticks
Medical waste : packaging / tubes
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 199 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 99 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 200 à 500m |
| Number of bags filled | 25 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 12 |
| 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? | Nsp |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Oui |
| Please specify | autres déchets |
| Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)? | Oui |
| Please specify | voiture |
| 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? | 10 - 100 |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Transparent, Blanc, Rouge, Autre |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Orange |
| 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 |
| Events linked to festive activities (community or private festivals, parties on the beach, sporting events…) | Oui |
| Specify which | fetes |
| - Exceptional meteorological events (high tides, floods, storms…) | Oui |
| Specify which | crue |
| - Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the sea | Oui |
| Please specify | exutoire |
| - Near a major shipping area | Non |
| - Near a tourist area | Nsp |
| - 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 |
| Please specify | more peche |
| Please specify | more port |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
| 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. | TEST TEST |
Litter
| Tobacco products with filters | 40 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 39 |
| Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 38 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 37 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 36 |
| Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 35 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 34 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 33 |
| Lollipop sticks | 32 |
| Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 31 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 30 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 29 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 28 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 27 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 26 |
 Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 25 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 24 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 23 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 22 |
 Straws | 21 |
 Stir-sticks | 20 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 19 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 18 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 17 |
 Toys | 16 |
 Inflatable balloons | 15 |
 Tires | 14 |
 Cigarette lighters | 13 |
 Sandals / shoes | 12 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 11 |
 Glass bottles | 10 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 9 |
 Cans | 8 |
 Bottle caps | 7 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 6 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 5 |
Filter medias
15
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up