Date & hour
Wednesday 06/19/2024
Location
Rue de l'Embouchure, 40660, Moliets-et-Mâa, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Plastic cups
Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Plastic bottle caps
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Lollipop sticks
Plastic bags and pieces
Shellfish aquaculture
Toys
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Details
| Type of collection | A pied (plage/berges) |
| Number of participants | 15 |
| Number of schoolchildren | 0 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | De 100 à 200m |
| Number of bags filled | 1 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 50 |
| 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 | 19 pieces of pens |
| 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? | 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 | Fishing |
| Please specify | Surfing |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | Oui |
Litter
| Plastic bottle caps | 498 |
 Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 19 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 8 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 81 |
 Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 4 |
| Lollipop sticks | 93 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 19 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 727 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 8 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 1 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 19 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 307 |
| Plastic cups, including lid | 1103 |
 Straws | 13 |
| Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 990 |
 Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 11 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 13 |
| Toys | 26 |
 Inflatable balloons | 1 |
 Cigarette lighters | 5 |
| Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 68 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 1 |
 Bottle caps | 1 |
Filter medias
15
11
1
35
53
5
1
1
1
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up