Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Hillsborough beach & shoreline, Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies.
21 April, 2012
- Team Leader
- Richard Laflamme
- Number of Participants
- 45
- Total Debris Collected
- 5000 lbs (estimated)
12.483258, -61.45915
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hillsborough beach & shoreline, Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies.
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Lumbadive PADI Resort
- City
- Hillsborough
- Country
- Grenada
- Date
- 21 April, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 240 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.483258
Longitude: -61.45915
- Weather Conditions
-
PARTIALLY CLOUDED
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1000 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 50 |
| Baskets, Crates | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 500 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 60 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 50 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 3 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 40 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 350 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 40 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 600 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 200 |
| Diapers/nappies | 200 |
| Fishing: Line | 60 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 60 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 120 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 45 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 20 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 150 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 750 |
| Cigarette Filters | 500 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 100 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 1000 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 700 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 500 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 325 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 200 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 60 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 5 |
| Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters | 1 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 300 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 100 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 150 |
| Metal Fragments | 200 |
| Batteries: Car Or Boat | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 30 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pallets | 6 |
| Wood Fragments | 75 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 5 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 500 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 300 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 250 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 200 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 50 |
| Clothing | 15 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 20 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Animals | |
| Comments | 4 shark fins |
Additional Information
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