Community engagement Limpieza El Prat

Organized by Pepe Gerlero

Date & hour

Tuesday 10/15/2024

Location

Paseo de la Playa, 08820, El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Cataluña, ESP

Results

Top 10 of collected items

Tobacco products with filters

Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm

Lollipop sticks

Plastic bags and pieces

Clothes, tea towels

Confectionery packets and wrappers

Plastic bottle caps

Food packaging

Glass pieces / ceramic pieces

Wet wipes

Details

Type of collectionA pie (playa/orilla)
Number of participants10
Number of schoolchildren0
Length of beach/bank cleaned+ de 1000m
Please specify10 km
Number of bags filled5
Do you visit this place often?No
To your knowledge, is there normally a large amount of litter in this area?No
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?No
Have you noticed an excessive amount of other types of litter?No
Did you find any large or unusual waste (cars, telephone boxes, fridges)?No
Have you observed on the beache or on the riverbanks some industrial plastic pellets* also called mermaid tears?
What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed?Transparentes, Blancos, Otro
What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed?azules
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)?
Could you estimate the quantity of pellets observed over 1 metre?10 - 100
Avez-vous observé dans les laisses de mer des quantités importantes de granulés plastiques industriels ?No
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.)?No
- Near a river, watercourse or outlet that empties out into the seaNo
- Near a tourist areaNo lo sé
- Near a townNo lo sé
- Near a major shipping areaNo
You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...)Otros
Please specifyno se
During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers?No

Litter

Tobacco products with filters325
Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm114
Straws6
Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches)26
Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags74
Wet wipes (sanitary, textile)11
Plastic cups, including lid4
Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers)14
Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes.7
Lollipop sticks99
Plastic bottle caps26
Cans7
Pieces of iron or scrap iron7
Clothes, tea towels70
Glass pieces / ceramic pieces12
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up