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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

BUNAKEN ISLAND

31 December, 2012

Team Leader
TWO FISH DIVERS
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
11 kgs (measured)

1.607913, 124.785461

Survey Information

Location Name
BUNAKEN ISLAND
Organization/Dive Centre
TWO FISH
City
Manado
Country
United States
Date
31 December, 2012
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 1.607913
Longitude: 124.785461
Weather Conditions
Rainy afternoons and heavy night rainfall
Survey Depth Range
0–0 meters
Area Surveyed
500 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
mangroves
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 29
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 60
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 10
Bottles: Oil/lube 13
Caps & Lids (plastic) 36
Cigarette Lighters 4
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 13
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 88
Diapers/nappies 2
Foam Insulation & Packaging 12
Food Wrappers (plastic) 45
Straws, Stirrers 9
Toothbrushes 1
Plastic Fragments 58
Rope (plastic/nylon) 3
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 1
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 1
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 11
other materials collected
Brush 1
Pen 3

Having filled in many of these now it would be helpful to have a plastic bottles that are not beverage, so covers food stuffs, shampoo, body wash, that kind of thing. I never know which section to put them in and they generally go in containers or in the plastic beverage section. We get LOTS here and I think it is an important factor to show common trash.

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