Date & hour
Tuesday 06/04/2024
Location
903-903 Rue de l'Embouchure, 40660, Moliets-et-Mâa, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Plastic bottle caps
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Plastic bags and pieces
Shellfish aquaculture
Lollipop sticks
Shotgun cartridges
Sanitary waste: Tampons
Straws
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 12 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 100 à 200m |
| Number of bags filled | 3 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 100 |
| 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? | Oui |
| Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter? | Oui |
| Please specify | 7 pen cups |
| 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? | + 100 |
| 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? | Transparent |
| 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 | Oui |
| Please specify | Courant dHuchet |
| - 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 de pêche, Activités nautiques |
| Please specify | Rut Fishing |
| Please specify | Surf |
| 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. | different water filters than listed |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 11 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 833 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 5 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 3 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 219 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 18 |
| Lollipop sticks | 77 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 8 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 685 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 31 |
 Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 16 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 246 |
| Straws | 21 |
 Stir-sticks | 6 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 1060 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 2 |
| Shotgun cartridges | 31 |
 Toys | 14 |
 Inflatable balloons | 2 |
 Cigarette lighters | 5 |
| Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 94 |
 Glass bottles | 3 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 1 |
 Cans | 1 |
 Bottle caps | 4 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 1 |
Filter medias
20
4
1
7
54
76
17
3
1
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up