Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Alphen aan den Rijn, Zegerplas, T-steiger
15 September, 2024
- Team Leader
- Ghislaine en Erik
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 48 kgs (measured)
52.129910350635, 4.6833474705673
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Alphen aan den Rijn, Zegerplas, T-steiger
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Discovery Divers
- City
- Reeuwijk
- Country
- Netherlands
- Date
- 15 September, 2024
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.129910350635
Longitude: 4.6833474705673
- Weather Conditions
-
Good
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–-6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 600 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Sweet water lake
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 1 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 22 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 7 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 19 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 4 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 19 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 1 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 112 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paddle | 1 |
Additional Information
Festivals and concerts
Plastic cups, plates, cutlery
Plastic cups, plates cutlery
Cans food, juice jars
Comments and Feedback
The good news is that the amount of debris seems to decline over the last two years. The main cause is most likely replacing plastic one time use plates, cups and cutlery by more sustainable material at a small price.
