Recogida de basura en la playa de San Jorge con Proxecto aMarte
Organized by Proxecto aMARte Patricia y Antón
Date & hour
Sunday 12/15/2024
Location
15592, Ferrol, Galicia, ESP
Results
Top 10 of collected items
Fishing: lines, hooks
Pieces of plastic 2,5-50 cm
Food packaging
Plastic bottle caps
Stir-sticks
Sanitary waste: Cotton swabs
Plastic bags and pieces
Cigarette lighters
Pieces of polystyrene 2,5-50 cm
Confectionery packets and wrappers
Details
| Type of collection | A pie (playa/orilla) |
| Number of participants | 2 |
| Length of beach/bank cleaned | 500-1000m |
| Number of bags filled | 2 |
| If you used other bags than the ones provided in the Ocean Initiatives, please specify their capacity: | 15 |
| 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? | Sí |
| Please specify | pellets |
| 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? | Sí |
| What were the colours of the industrial plastic pellets that you observed? | Transparentes, Blancos |
| 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)? | No |
| 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 sea | Sí |
| Please specify | Rego do Xuncal |
| - Near a tourist area | Sí |
| - Near a town | Sí |
| - Near a major shipping area | No |
| You can specify the type of marine activities located on-site (fishing activities, shellfish aquaculture, nautical activities, sailing, port activities,...) | Actividad de pesca |
| Please specify | barcos pesqueros familiares |
| During the course of your Ocean Initiative, did you find and collect biocarriers? | No |
Litter
 Tobacco products with filters | 1 |
| Pieces of plastic between 2.5 and 50 cm | 9 |
| Pieces of polystyrene between 2.5 and 50 cm | 2 |
 Straws | 0 |
| Confectionery packets and wrappers (crisp packets, chocolate bars, sweets, fruit purée pouches) | 2 |
 Tires | 0 |
| Plastic bags and pieces of plastic bags | 3 |
 Sandals / shoes | 0 |
| Stir-sticks | 6 |
 Picnic dishes: plates | 0 |
 Picnic dishes: cutlery | 0 |
 Wet wipes (sanitary, textile) | 0 |
 Toys | 0 |
 Plastic cups, including lid | 1 |
| Food packaging (tubs, sandwich wrappers, yoghurt containers, fast food wrappers) | 8 |
 Sanitary / hygienic waste: Tampons and applicators | 2 |
| Sanitary / hygienic waste: Cotton swabs | 4 |
 Sanitary: Mask | 0 |
 Medical waste plastic: Medicine packaging / tubes / vials | 0 |
 Waste fishing gear: nets (including pieces of net), ropes, string, tangled nets and ropes. | 0 |
| Waste fishing gear: fishing lines, hooks, bait boxes | 36 |
 Shotgun cartridges | 1 |
 Lollipop sticks | 0 |
| Cigarette lighters | 2 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) over 50 cl | 2 |
 Plastic bottles except beverages (cleaning products, beauty products) | 1 |
 Plastic bottles (drinks) under 50 cl or = to 50 cl | 0 |
| Plastic bottle caps | 8 |
 Inflatable balloons | 0 |
 Shellfish aquaculture-related litter (container, shellfish pot, plastic shellfish «sweep» film, etc.) | 0 |
 Cans | 0 |
 Bottle caps | 0 |
 Pieces of iron or scrap iron | 0 |
 Clothes, tea towels | 1 |
 Glass bottles | 1 |
 Glass pieces / ceramic pieces | 0 |
0
People sensitised
0
Bags collected
0
Butts Picked Up