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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Steckborn

4 March, 2017

Team Leader
Sandra Büchi
Number of Participants
26
Total Debris Collected
259 kgs (measured)

47.66804519999999, 8.982282400000031

Survey Information

Location Name
Steckborn
Organization/Dive Centre
Divecorner
City
Frauenfeld
Country
Switzerland
Date
4 March, 2017
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 47.66804519999999
Longitude: 8.982282400000031
Weather Conditions
Bewölkt
Survey Depth Range
1–22 meters
Area Surveyed
3463 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
mud
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 4
Balls 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 6
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 5
Foam Insulation & Packaging 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 3
Toothbrushes 2
Plastic Fragments 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 10
Jars-food (glass) 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 25
Beverage Bottles (glass) 68
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 6
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 4
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 10
Cars & Car Parts 12
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 5
Pipes & Rebar 26
SCUBA Weights 2
Strapping Bands (metal) 26
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Metal Fragments 11
rubber materials collected
Condoms 1
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Rubber Bands 2
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 1
Wood Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 17
Towels/rags 1
Cloth Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 8
Clothing 1
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 4
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 16
other materials collected
Grenade 1
Magazin (Wapon) 2

Grenade from the World War II !!!!

68 beverage bottles


It was a great day :) We were 26 Divers, 11 Volunteers from land and 2 fishermen. We found also a Grenade, the police has to come ;)

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