Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Melville Street
18 August, 2018
- Team Leader
- Michelle
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 102 kgs (measured)
12.055523150996, -61.754892287886
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Melville Street
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Aquanauts Grenada
- City
- St. George’s
- Country
- Grenada
- Date
- 18 August, 2018
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.055523150996
Longitude: -61.754892287886
- Weather Conditions
-
Heavy rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2.4–7.8 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 17505.8 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 26 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 9 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 10 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 38 |
| Fishing: Line | 27 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 70 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 2 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 92 |
| Cigarette Filters | 1 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 3 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 33 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 4 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 78 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 12 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 98 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 3 |
| Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets | 1 |
| Rubber Bands | 1 |
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (cloth) | 1 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 3 |
| Towels/rags | 10 |
| Cloth Fragments | 26 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 5 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 2 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 7 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 17 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 5 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Tea Bag | 1 |
| Hose | 1 |
| Speaker | 1 |
| Large circular filter thing | 1 |
| Panty Liner | 1 |
| Plastic Cricket Bat | 1 |
| Tray | 1 |
| Dish Sponge | 1 |
| Brush Head | 1 |
| Metal Air Compressor | 1 |
| Roll of Masking Tape | 1 |
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Coated Wire | 1 |
| Flooring piece | 1 |
| Metal Paint Can | 1 |
| Grenada Flag | 1 |
| Styrofoam Cup | 1 |
| Cloth strapping piece | 1 |
| Glass prescription bottle | 1 |
Additional Information
Grenada Carnival
Air compressor
Beverage Cans
Metal Caps
Plastic bottles
Comments and Feedback
The site backs onto the fish market, whilst preparing to jump in we saw people throw garbage in!
