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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

FEB 28, 2016 - Dive against debris at Roatan

28 February, 2016

Team Leader
Didier Duprat
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
60 kgs (estimated)

16.358875, -86.435959

Survey Information

Location Name
FEB 28, 2016 - Dive against debris at Roatan
Organization/Dive Centre
City
Roatan
Country
Honduras
Date
28 February, 2016
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 16.358875
Longitude: -86.435959
Weather Conditions
good
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 976
Bags: Trash (plastic) 1081
Baskets, Crates 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 24
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 31
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 8
Bottles: Oil/lube 3
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 12
Caps & Lids (plastic) 45
Carpet (synthetic) 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 78
Diapers/nappies 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 105
Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers 3
Plastic Fragments 2734
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 4
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 17
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 8
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 11
cloth materials collected
Towels/rags 2
paper materials collected
Bags (paper) 103
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 25
Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. 63
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 122
mixed materials collected
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 5
Toys 1

toy

plastic bags


Keep encouraging divers to do it. This is good for the environment and fun also.

So much more to do to remove all these plastic pieces... Happy we did it, hopefully other divers on vacation there will do it also.

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