Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Little Pond, Morton Park, Ply MA
4 June, 2016
- Team Leader
- John Hoagland
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 30 lbs (estimated)
41.942873, -70.682883
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Little Pond, Morton Park, Ply MA
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Divers Market
- City
- Plymouth
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 4 June, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 65 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.942873
Longitude: -70.682883
- Weather Conditions
-
Partly Sunny
- Survey Depth Range
- 4–31 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 26400 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Pond
- 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) | 1 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 8 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 3 |
| Balloons | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 20 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 28 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 26 |
| Fishing: Line | 7 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 22 |
| Furnishings (plastic) | 29 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 3 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Tampon Applicators | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 28 |
| Cigarette Filters | 17 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 3 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 4 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 2 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 7 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 5 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 6 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 1 |
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 3 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Tampons | 1 |
| Toys | 4 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Shoe Sole | 1 |
| Piece Of Metal Car Hood | 1 |
| CD About Scuba Buoyancy Control Device | 1 |
Additional Information
This is a municipal pond used for swimming, fishing and diving.
The piece of a metal hood of a car!!
Plastic lids, bottles and fragments
Bandaids
Cigarette filters
Comments and Feedback
I have found that our 17 years of underwater cleanups in this pond have made a big difference and each year we are finding less and less debris!!
