Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sheffield & Rotherham Canal
29 September, 2013
- Team Leader
- Steven Hird/ Diveworld Scuba S-3674
- Number of Participants
- 25
- Total Debris Collected
- 5000 kgs (estimated)
52.696361, -2.109375
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sheffield & Rotherham Canal
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Diveworld Scuba S-3647
- City
- Sheffield
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Date
- 29 September, 2013
- Survey Duration
- 240 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 52.696361
Longitude: -2.109375
- Weather Conditions
-
Dry, scattered sunshine.
- Survey Depth Range
- 6–8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 800 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Man made canal with masonary base and silt settlement
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 40 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 15 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Balls | 2 |
| Baskets, Crates | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 30 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 6 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 24 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 2 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 2 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 30 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 3 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 25 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 8 |
| Cigarette Filters | 45 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 16 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 9 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 40 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 15 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 9 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 15 |
| Drums: 55 Gallon | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 26 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 15 |
| Metal Fragments | 6 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tires/tyres | 2 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 5 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 14 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Shopping Trolley | 40 |
| WC | 1 |
| Traffic cones | 9 |
| Road work hole covers | 3 |
Additional Information
Majority of the debris was from the large shopping complex across the river, Meadowhall.
A makeshift wc , ie a tin container with a wc seat welded to it, presumably from a building site.
shopping trolleys, form up and gather sediment and trap fish too.
cans- large quantities
disposable food wrappers- take years to decompose
Comments and Feedback
During the survey we had a visit from the Lord Mayor of Sheffield and her husband, who is a diver. Commended Project Aware for the survey.
