Dimanche, le 26 juillet Bain des Dames 14h-15h

10 liters + trotinette

2 days since last collect 

rained after last collect 

Weather: 20 C Cool & overcast 

Lake Conditions: Calm, lake levels normal

Strand-line: Higher than usual

Beach size aprox: 6 Meters X 3 Meters

Bain des  Dames

138 = Mégots de cigarette/cig butts

16 = Bouchons de bouteille plastique /plastic bottle caps

45 = Sacs plastique et fragment de sacs plastique/plastic sacs & fragments

9 = Papier de chips, de barres chocolatées, de bonbons (sucreries)/candy & chip wrappers

 4 = Déchets médicaux : Flacon/tubes/emballages médicaments/medical remnants: bandaids, containers

16 = : Cotons tiges/Q-tips 

 34 = Morceaux de polystyrène entre 2,5 et 50 cm/pieces of polyesterene(styrafoam) 2.5-50cm.

70 = Morceaux de plastique entre 2,5 et 50 cm/pieces of plastic 2.5-50cm.

3 = Pailles/touillettes, straws & stirs

 0 = Déchets liés à la pêche : Lignes de pêche/hameçon: fishing equipment

3= Jouets/toys     0= Briquets /lighters 

VERRE/Glass    0 = Bouteilles en verre,  10 = Morceaux de verre

METAL  0 = Canettes  4 = Morceaux de fer, ferraille

   7 = Médias filtrants/water treatment filters

6 =Cartouche de chasse/ plastic shotgun shells

1 trotinette

Sur la totalité des déchets ramassés, j'estime le pourcentage de plastique est 85%

high strand-line from storm Friday

concentration of debris deposited by lake on right side of beach 

concentration of debris deposited by lake on right side of beach

Storm on 24th July, strong winds and waves concentrated the debris in the right corner of the beach. The majority of material was plastic sac and wrapper remnants in various states of decomposition.

a little help from a local, she sampled the Styrofoam & decided it wasn't edible

The majority of this plastic was removed from the water

inventorying

138 cig butts

usual suspects: q tips, water filter, shotgun shells, bottle caps and bits of plastic.






The majority of cig butts were highly degraded indicating extended time in lake before deposition.

various polystyrene fragments, bottle caps and straw remnants

Larger quantity than usual of hard plastic fragments and plastic sac and wrappers, highly degraded and appears to have been in the lake for an extended period.

English tourists interested in our beach cleaning efforts commented on their surprise at how polluted Switzerland has become,"in England it is normal but we expected Switzerland to be cleaner."

Mademoiselle Quacker