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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Cafe Carusel

14 September, 2019

Team Leader
Harri Mäkelä
Number of Participants
29
Total Debris Collected
350 kgs (estimated)

60.153511, 24.941471

Survey Information

Location Name
Cafe Carusel
Organization/Dive Centre
Wärtsilä Corporation
City
Helsinki
Country
Finland
Date
14 September, 2019
Survey Duration
150 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 60.153511
Longitude: 24.941471
Weather Conditions
protected harbor
Survey Depth Range
1–4 meters
Area Surveyed
1500 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
harbor
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 4
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 9
Buckets, Drums & Jerrycans-2 Liters Or More 1
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Carpet (synthetic) 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 3
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 11
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 3
Plastic Fragments 19
Cigarette Filters 100
Rope (plastic/nylon) 6
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Light Globes/bulbs/tubes 1
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 17
metal materials collected
Appliances: Household 2
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 19
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 8
Metal Fragments 21
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 8
Rubber Fragments 3
wood materials collected
Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) 3
Wood Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 2
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 2
Fireworks 1
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 2
Toys 1
other materials collected
load straps 5
furniture 3
hand tools 5
city bykes 2
anchor 1

There is a cafe located on the peer. Some of the collected items are clearly from there.

1) city bikes: contain lithium batteries 2) cigarette butts: people consider them biodegradable 3) bottles: all bottles in Finland are recyclable and people can get money back, yet a lot are still thrown away

boat trailer, but we were unable to pull it out

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