Dive Against Debris Data Submission
VALPOSUB
28 September, 2012
- Team Leader
- Gerardo Muñoz
- Number of Participants
- 52
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 kgs (estimated)
-34.326497, -71.542969
Survey Information
- Location Name
- VALPOSUB
- Organization/Dive Centre
- VALPOSUB
- City
- Valparaíso
- Country
- Chile
- Date
- 28 September, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 1800 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: -34.326497
Longitude: -71.542969
- Weather Conditions
-
Soleado
- Survey Depth Range
- 60–12 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 40 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- rocky reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 3245 |
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5000 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 24 |
| Balloons | 34 |
| Balls | 4 |
| Baskets, Crates | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 236 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 713 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 17 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 349 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 329 |
| Diapers/nappies | 15 |
| Fishing: Line | 2 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 88 |
| Gloves (latex) | 27 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 3 |
| Plastic Fragments | 332 |
| Cigarette Filters | 562 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 5 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Buoys (glass) | 8 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 25 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 151 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 2 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 1 |
| Cars & Car Parts | 4 |
| Metal Fragments | 7 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Condoms | 7 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 17 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 344 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 112 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 2 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 9 |
| Toys | 6 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Birds | |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Comments | 2 Pelicanos (Pelecanus thagus), 1 Gaviota Dominicana (Larus dominicanus) |
