La Torche - Survey 100m 1 Apr 2006

Submitted by Camille Lacroix on 01 April 2006
Beach: 
La Torche
Survey summary: 
Date of survey: 
01 April 2006
Additional information
Was litter collected during this survey? 
No
Did you divert from the predetermined 100 metres? 
No
Did you find any stranded or dead animals? 
No
Plastic/Polystyrene
4/6 pack yokes: 
0
Bags (e.g. shopping): 
0
Small plastic bags e.g. freezer bags: 
0
Drinks (bottles, containers & drums): 
17
Cleaner (bottles, containers & drums): 
4
Food containers incl. fast food containers: 
9
Cosmetics (bottles & containers e.g. sun lotion, shampoo, shower gel, deodorant): 
5
Engine oil containers & drums < 50cm: 
0
Engine oil containers & drums > 50cm: 
0
Jerry cans (square plastic containers with handles): 
0
Injection gun containers: 
1
Other bottles, containers & drums: 
0
Crates: 
0
Car parts: 
0
Caps/lids: 
798
Cigarette lighters: 
14
Pens: 
9
Combs/hair brushes: 
3
Crisp/sweet packets and lolly sticks: 
71
Toys & party poppers: 
0
Cups: 
0
Cutlery/trays/straws: 
7
Fertiliser/animal feed bags: 
0
Mesh vegetable bags: 
0
Gloves (typical washing up gloves): 
2
Crab/lobster pots: 
11
Octopus pots: 
0
Oyster nets or mussel bags including plastic stoppers: 
0
Oysters trays (round from oyster cultures): 
0
Plastic sheeting from mussel culture (Tahitians): 
0
Tangled nets/cord/rope & string: 
229
Fish boxes: 
0
Fishing line (angling): 
1
Light sticks (tubes with fluid): 
14
Floats/buoys: 
18
Buckets: 
0
Strapping bands: 
41
Industrial packaging, plastic sheeting: 
69
Fibre glass: 
0
Hard hats: 
0
Shotgun cartridges: 
98
Shoes/sandals: 
2
Foam sponge: 
224
Plastic/polystyrene pieces > 50cm: 
2
Other plastic/polystyrene items (specify below): 
1023
Rubber
Balloons, including plastic valves, ribbons, strings etc. 
0
Boots: 
0
Tyres and belts: 
0
Other rubber pieces (specify below): 
36
Cloth
Clothing: 
0
Sacking: 
0
Shoes (leather): 
8
Other textiles (specify below): 
3
Paper/Cardboard
Bags: 
0
Cardboard: 
0
Cigarette packets: 
0
Cigarette butts: 
24
Cups: 
0
Newspapers & magazines: 
0
Other paper items (specify below): 
7
Wood (machined)
Corks: 
94
Pallets: 
0
Crates: 
0
Crab/lobster pots: 
0
Ice lolly sticks/chip forks: 
0
Paint brushes: 
0
Other wood < 50cm (specify below): 
28
Other wood > 50cm (specify below): 
4
Metal
Aerosol/spray cans: 
1
Bottle caps: 
2
Drink cans: 
0
Electrical appliances: 
0
Fishing weights: 
0
Foil wrappers: 
2
Food cans: 
0
Industrial scrap: 
0
Paint tins: 
1
Lobster/crab pots & tops: 
0
Wire, wire mesh, barbed wire: 
0
Other metal pieces < 50cm (specify below): 
5
Other metal pieces > 50cm (specify below): 
19
Glass
Bottles: 
3
Light bulbs/tubes: 
1
Other glass items (specify below): 
24
Pottery/Ceramics
Construction material e.g. tiles, bricks: 
0
Octopus pots: 
0
Other ceramic/pottery items: 
0
Sanitary waste
Condoms: 
0
Cotton bud sticks: 
262
Sanitary towels/panty liners/backing strips: 
0
Tampons and tampon applicators: 
3
Toilet fresheners: 
0
Other sanitary items (specify below): 
4
Medical waste
Syringes: 
2
Other medical items (specify below): 
2
Other pollutants
Paraffin or wax pieces 0-1cm: 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Paraffin or wax pieces 1-10cm: 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Paraffin or wax pieces > 10cm: 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Other pollutants (specify below): 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Pellets (nurdles): 
0