Surfrider x Terra Aventura à Saint-Trojan-les-Bains

Organized by Initiatives Océanes

Date & hour

Saturday 06/08/2024

Location

Promenade Digue de la Taillée, 17370, Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FRA

Results

Top 10 of collected items

Picnic dishes: plates

Confectionery packets and wrappers

Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm

Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm

Food packaging

Fishing : nets and ropes (Ø < 1cm)

Bottle caps

Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)

Plastic bags and pieces

Shellfish aquaculture

Details

Type of collectionA pied (plage/berges)
Number of participants9
Length of beach/bank cleanedDe 500 à 1000m
Number of bags filled1
Do you visit this place often?Non
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?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?Non
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 seaNon
- Near a major shipping areaNsp
- Near a tourist areaNsp
- Near a townNsp
You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...)Autres
Please specifytourisme
During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers?Non

Litter

Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers)3
Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products)1
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags1
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches)5
Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm4
Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm4
Picnic dishes: plates5
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes.3
Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.)1
Bottle caps2
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up