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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

T-steiger Zegerplas, Alphen aan den Rijn

20 September, 2020

Team Leader
Irene en Erik Huigen
Number of Participants
20
Total Debris Collected
148 kgs (measured)

52.129831936484, 4.6833546133872

Survey Information

Location Name
T-steiger Zegerplas, Alphen aan den Rijn
Organization/Dive Centre
Discovery Divers
City
Reeuwijk
Country
Netherlands
Date
20 September, 2020
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 52.129831936484
Longitude: 4.6833546133872
Weather Conditions
Stable sunny and dry weather. 20 degrees celsius
Survey Depth Range
1–8 meters
Area Surveyed
5400 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
Sweet water lake
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 3
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 5
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 153
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Plastic Fragments 10
glass materials collected
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 3
Beverage Bottles (glass) 15
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 2
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 23
Cars & Car Parts 5
Pipes & Rebar 5
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Bands 1
Rubber Fragments 2
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 1
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 3
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 31
Clothing 2
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 1
Tampons 1
Toys 14

Summers fair and party, day camp site.

Plastic cups, plates, forks and knives, because of the sheer number of them

Batteries, because of the chemical pollution

Glass and barbed wire, because of the injury risk for divers and swimmers

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