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Divestore Gylte Dykkersenter - Gylte Brygge

9 May, 2015

Team Leader
Rune A. Paulsen
Number of Participants
21
Total Debris Collected
520 kgs (measured)

Survey Information

Location Name
Divestore Gylte Dykkersenter - Gylte Brygge
Organization/Dive Centre
Divestore Gylte Dykkersenter AS
City
Drøbak
Country
Norway
Date
9 May, 2015
Survey Duration
420 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude:
Longitude:
Weather Conditions
Nice weather
Survey Depth Range
9–18 meters
Area Surveyed
100 m2
Dominant Substrate
rock
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 6
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 11
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 3
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 4
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 1
Foam Insulation & Packaging 3
Gloves (latex) 3
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap 4
Plastic Fragments 10
Strapping Bands (plastic) 7
Rope (plastic/nylon) 4
glass materials collected
Buoys (glass) 20
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) 6
Jars-food (glass) 26
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 190
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1319
metal materials collected
Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 6
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 32
Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) 3
Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) 2
Gas Bottles/cylinder, Drums-more Than 4 Liters 2
Pipes & Rebar 1
Pull Tabs-beverages 2
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 41
Metal Fragments 31
Fishing: Traps & Pots 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 2
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 4
Rubber Bands 2
Tires/tyres 1
Rubber Fragments 4
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 4
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 5
Towels/rags 2
Cloth Fragments 4
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 4
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 10
mixed materials collected
Clothing 5
Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices 3
Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc 4

Before it was Sand delivery at Gylte Brygge and the People on the boats was trowing a lot of bearbotles overboard.

Rubberseat from a motorcycle.

Beverage bottles

Plastic


I would like to thank all of the divers who have been collecting all of this botles, they have done a very marvelous work for the underwater inviroment at Gylte.

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