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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Palmira, Palaio Faliro

11 May, 2023

Team Leader
Katerina Topouzoglou
Number of Participants
4
Total Debris Collected
34 kgs (measured)

37.923446738769, 23.691908095766

Survey Information

Location Name
Palmira, Palaio Faliro
Organization/Dive Centre
All For Blue
City
Athens
Country
Greece
Date
11 May, 2023
Survey Duration
90 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 37.923446738769
Longitude: 23.691908095766
Weather Conditions
Survey Depth Range
1–5 meters
Area Surveyed
204.26 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
seagrass
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 20
Bags: Trash (plastic) 15
Bait Containers, Packaging 18
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 26
Caps & Lids (plastic) 38
Cigar Tips 59
Foam Insulation & Packaging 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 7
Straws, Stirrers 23
Plastic Fragments 59
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 5
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 15
Caps & Lids (metal) 9
rubber materials collected
Condoms 2
wood materials collected
Furnishings (wood) 5
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Towels/rags 2
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 3
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
other materials collected
Denture 1
Fragments of aluminum window frame 3
Kite 1

Denture and aluminum window frame


The cleanup was conducted in collaboration with Boehringer-Ingelheim company

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