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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Port Choiseul (Versoix), Geneva, Switzerland

26 May, 2018

Team Leader
José Cancela
Number of Participants
37
Total Debris Collected
388 kgs (measured)

46.286435717313, 6.169780292513

Survey Information

Location Name
Port Choiseul (Versoix), Geneva, Switzerland
Organization/Dive Centre
CSV
City
GENEVA
Country
Switzerland
Date
26 May, 2018
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 46.286435717313
Longitude: 6.169780292513
Weather Conditions
Good weather
Survey Depth Range
0.7–2.2 meters
Area Surveyed
1600 m2
Dominant Substrate
gravel
Ecosystem
Lake
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 17
Balls 35
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 50
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 6
Caps & Lids (plastic) 18
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 9
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 47
Foam Insulation & Packaging 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Straws, Stirrers 34
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 4
Plastic Fragments 15
Cigarette Filters 1135
Rope (plastic/nylon) 77
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 22
Beverage Bottles (glass) 60
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 72
Caps & Lids (metal) 12
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 28
Pull Tabs-beverages 7
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 15
Wrappers (foil/metal) 8
Metal Fragments 13
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 15
Rubber Fragments 3
cloth materials collected
Gloves (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 15
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 19
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 12
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4
Toys 3

NO

Moped

Ropes, many boat in this area

Golf balls, Golf club near

Cans, many people make picnics at the weekend

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