Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Rivelin Valley River Splash
18 June, 2017
- Team Leader
- Steven Hird
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 35 kgs (measured)
53.384864066379, -1.5357988178403
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Rivelin Valley River Splash
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Diveworld
- City
- Sheffield
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 18 June, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 53.384864066379
Longitude: -1.5357988178403
- Weather Conditions
-
Dry, Sunny & Warm
- Survey Depth Range
- 1.6–1.6 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 800 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Gravelly river bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 8 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Balls | 8 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 60 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 26 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 12 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 8 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 4 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 52 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 10 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 35 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 5 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 28 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 16 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 4 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 4 |
| Pallets | 1 |
| Wood Fragments | 6 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 4 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 6 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Steel workshop table | 1 |
| Supermarket trolley | 2 |
Additional Information
Popular walking and picnic area so much of the debris was generated from these activities
Tractor wheel complete with tyre
Plastic drink bottles
metalic drink cans
Plastic carrier bags
Comments and Feedback
Most of the debris collected was the result of thoughtless disposal by the general public. There was much interest generated in what we were attempting on the DAD clean up and hopefully this awareness will make people think about how the discard bottles and cans.
The debris reported was more than doubled in weight by the amount of surface plastic collected during the event. We liaised with the local parks department who removed and recycled where possible, the collected debris.
