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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Limpieza Submarina de Playas 2012

15 September, 2012

Team Leader
Alfredo Chirinos
Number of Participants
12
Total Debris Collected
370 kgs (measured)

10.609983, -66.876632

Survey Information

Location Name
Limpieza Submarina de Playas 2012
Organization/Dive Centre
Buceo en Venezuela y Bucearte
City
Macuto
Country
Venezuela
Date
15 September, 2012
Survey Duration
420 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.609983
Longitude: -66.876632
Weather Conditions
Excelentes
Survey Depth Range
– meters
Area Surveyed
m2
Dominant Substrate
Planticos y Latas
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Slight for waves 0.5 -1.25 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 100
Bags: Trash (plastic) 5
Bait Containers, Packaging 30
Balls 5
Baskets, Crates 5
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 30
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 100
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 10
Bottles: Oil/lube 10
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 10
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 10
Diapers/nappies 5
Food Wrappers (plastic) 20
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 5
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 5
Plastic Fragments 10
Cigarette Filters 10
Rope (plastic/nylon) 5
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 20
Fluorescent Light Tubes 1
Syringes (glass) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 40
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 5
Appliances: Household 2
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 5
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 200
Caps & Lids (metal) 10
Cars & Car Parts 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 3
Wrappers (foil/metal) 1
rubber materials collected
Condoms 5
Gloves (rubber) 5
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 5
Rope And String (cloth) 10
Towels/rags 50
Cloth Fragments 50
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 10
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 10
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 10
mixed materials collected
Clothing 50
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 30
Toys 20

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