Dive Against Debris Data Submission
West End Beach, Roatan
29 March, 2019
- Team Leader
- Scott Mills
- Number of Participants
- 2
- Total Debris Collected
- 3 kgs (estimated)
16.3070836, -86.5925189
Survey Information
- Location Name
- West End Beach, Roatan
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Nature Divers
- City
- West End
- Country
- Honduras
- Date
- 29 March, 2019
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 16.3070836
Longitude: -86.5925189
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 0–0 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- Beach
- 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) | 15 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 4 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 18 |
| Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 38 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 46 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 14 |
| Diapers/nappies | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 5 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 21 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 4 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 6 |
| Plastic Fragments | 110 |
| Cigarette Filters | 60 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 15 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 27 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 12 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 36 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 1 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 20 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 26 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 3 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 7 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 3 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 49 |
Additional Information
plastic food take away container
beer can
plastic fragments
Comments and Feedback
here on roatan west bay the collected recycling trash went to the same garbage truck as the others trash unsealed trash container
