Skip to main content
Menu
Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Town Pier

10 July, 2011

Team Leader
Carolyn Caporusso
Number of Participants
102
Total Debris Collected
lbs (estimated)

12.103781, -68.334961

Survey Information

Location Name
Town Pier
Organization/Dive Centre
Dive Friends Bonaire
City
Kralendijk Bonaire
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Date
10 July, 2011
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 12.103781
Longitude: -68.334961
Weather Conditions
Clear & calm
Survey Depth Range
1–15 meters
Area Surveyed
35 m2
Dominant Substrate
Ecosystem
Sand & fringing reef
Wave Conditions
Calm
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 1
Bags: Trash (plastic) 19
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 81
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 49
Diapers/nappies 1
Fishing: Line 25
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 4
Food Wrappers (plastic) 24
Furnishings (plastic) 1
Gloves (latex) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 4
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 6
Straws, Stirrers 15
Plastic Fragments 62
Rope (plastic/nylon) 8
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 26
Jars-food (glass) 15
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 2
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 25
Beverage Bottles (glass) 901
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 67
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 132
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 31
Caps & Lids (metal) 24
Cars & Car Parts 3
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 6
Pipes & Rebar 4
Pull Tabs-beverages 1
Strapping Bands (metal) 6
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 12
Wrappers (foil/metal) 8
Metal Fragments 27
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Tires/tyres 14
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 8
Towels/rags 8
Cloth Fragments 11
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 5
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 7
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 3
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 13
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 6
Clothing 49
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 4
Fireworks 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 12

A drill, lots of underwear and an empty Cialis packet. ;)

Want to Receive Monthly Ocean News and Action Alerts?