PT037 Madalena do Mar, Madeira Island - Survey Beach Litter - Joint-List format 23 Sep 2025
23 September 2025
Survey Data
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Survey Metadata
| Contracting Party | Portugal |
| Location Name | Madalena do Mar, Madeira Island |
| OSPAR ID | PT037 |
| Reference ID | 22707 |
| Region | 6. Wider Atlantic |
| Survey Category | Beach 100m |
| Survey Date | 2025-09-23 |
| Survey Period | 4 |
| Survey Period Name | Autumn |
| WKT Format | LINESTRING (-17.128051 32.69562, -17.127531 32.694886999999994) |
Summary information
| Additional comments and observations about this beach | - |
| Tourism | - |
| Cleaned | - |
| Litter collection | - |
| Beach factsheet | - |
Beach description
| Beach width at mean low spring tide | - |
| Beach width at mean high spring tide | - |
| Total length of beach | 1700 |
| Back of beach | Cliffs |
| Prevailing currents off the beach | E, S |
| Prevailing winds | E, N |
| Direction the beach is facing when looking from the beach to the sea | E, S |
Beach coordinates
| Date position measured | 2024-01-29 |
Beach features
| Type of beach material (%coverage) | Pebbles 100% |
| Beach topography | Slope 10-15% |
| Any objects in the sea that influence the currents | No |
Beach usage & access
| Usage 1 | Swimming |
| Usage 1 when | - |
| Usage 2 | - |
| Usage 2 when | - |
| Usage 3 | - |
| Usage 3 when | - |
| Access to the beach | Pedestrian, Vehicle |
Nearest town
| Distance to the nearest town | - |
| Nearest town | Calheta |
| Position of the town in relation to survey area | NW |
| Residential population of this town | 508 |
| Residential & tourist population in winter | - |
| Residential & tourist population in spring | - |
| Residential & tourist population in autumn | - |
| Residential & tourist population in summer | - |
| Tourist population in winter | - |
| Tourist population in spring | - |
| Tourist population in summer | - |
| Tourist population in autumn | - |
Developments
| Development behind the beach | - |
| Development description | Concrete Wall, Road, Houses |
Food/drink outlets
| Are there food and/or drink outlets on the beach | - |
| Distance from the survey area to the food and/or drink outlet | - |
| Present all year round | - |
| Months it is present | June to September |
| Position of food and/or drink outlet in relation to the survey area | N, W |
Nearest shipping lane
| Distance from the beach to the nearest shipping lane | - |
| Estimated traffic density | - |
| Type of shipping that uses this lane | - |
| Position of shipping lane in relation to survey area | - |
Nearest harbour
| Distance from the beach to the nearest harbour | 5 |
| Harbour name | Calheta |
| Position of the harbour in relation to the survey area | N, W |
| Type of harbour | Recreational |
| Size of harbour | - |
Nearest river mouth
| Distance from the beach to the nearest river mouth | - |
| Name of the river | Madalena do Mar Stream |
| Position of river mouth in relation to survey area | N, W |
Waste water discharge
| Discharge(s) of waste water nearby | - |
| Distance from the beach to the discharge points | 6 |
| Position of discharge points in relation to survey area | E, S |
Beach cleaning
| Beach cleaning all year round | Other |
| Beach cleaning seasonal | Other |
| Seasonal cleaning months | Occasionally during summer |
| Cleaning method | Both manually and with machines |
| Responsible for cleaning | Municipalities |
Other information
| Old beach ID | - |
Additional information
| Was litter collected during this survey? | - |
| When was the beach last cleaned? | 2025-07-03 |
| Did you divert from the predetermined 100 metres? | - |
| If yes, please specify | - |
| Did any of the following weather conditions affect the data of the surveys | - |
| Did you find any stranded or dead animals? | - |
| If so how many? | - |
| Please describe the animal or note the species name if known | - |
| Was the animal alive or dead? | - |
| Sex of animal (if known) | - |
| Age of animal (if known) | - |
| Is the animal entangled in litter? | - |
| Is so please describe the nature of the entanglement and type of litter | - |
| Were there any circumstances that influenced the survey? | - |
| Were there any events that lead to unusual types and/or amounts of litter? | - |
| Remarks | - |
Summary information
| Additional comments and observations about this beach | None |
| Tourism | None |
| Cleaned | None |
| Litter collection | None |
| Beach factsheet | None |
Joint-List Plastic
| J1 - Plastic 4/6-pack yokes & six-pack rings | None |
| J3 - Plastic shopping/carrier/grocery bags | None |
| J4 - Small plastic bags | None |
| J5 - The part that remains from tear-off plastic bags | None |
| J7 - Plastic drink bottles ≤ 0.5 l | None |
| J8 - Plastic drink bottles > 0.5 l | None |
| J9 - Plastic bottles and containers of cleaning products | None |
| J11 - Plastic beach use related body care and cosmetic bottles and containers | None |
| J12 - Plastic non-beach use related body care and cosmetic bottles and containers | None |
| J13 - Other plastic bottles & containers (drums) | None |
| J14 - Plastic engine oil bottles & containers 2.5 cm ≥ ≤ 50 cm | None |
| J15 - Plastic engine oil bottles & containers >50cm | None |
| J16 - Plastic jerry cans | None |
| J17 - Plastic injection gun containers/cartridges | None |
| J18 - Plastic crates, boxes, baskets | None |
| J19 - Plastic vehicle parts | None |
| J21 - Plastic caps/lids drinks | None |
| J22 - Plastic caps/lids chemicals, detergents (non-food) | None |
| J23 - Plastic caps/lids unidentified | None |
| J24 - Plastic rings from bottle caps/lids | None |
| J25 - Plastic tobacco pouches / plastic cigarette packet packaging | None |
| J26 - Plastic cigarette lighters | None |
| J27 - Tobacco products with filters (cigarette butts with filters) | None |
| J28 - Plastic pens and pen lids | None |
| J29 - Plastic combs/hair brushes/sunglasses | None |
| J30 - Plastic crisps packets/sweets wrappers | None |
| J31 - Plastic lolly & ice-cream sticks | None |
| J32 - Plastic toys and party poppers | None |
| J36 - Other plastic heavy-duty sacks | None |
| J40 - Plastic gloves (household/dishwashing, gardening) | None |
| J41 - Plastic gloves (industrial/professional applications) | None |
| J42 - Plastic crab/lobster traps (pots) and tops | None |
| J43 - Plastic tags (fishing, shipping, farming and industry) | None |
| J44 - Plastic octopus pots | None |
| J45 - Plastic mussels/oyster mesh bags, net sack, socks | None |
| J46 - Plastic oyster trays | None |
| J47 - Plastic sheeting from mussel culture (Tahitians) | None |
| J49 - Plastic rope (diameter more than 1cm) | None |
| J53 - Plastic nets and pieces of net 2.5 cm ≥ ≤ 50 cm | None |
| J54 - Plastic nets and pieces of net > 50cm | None |
| J57 - Fish boxes - hard plastic | None |
| J58 - Fish boxes - foamed polystyrene | None |
| J59 - Plastic fishing line | None |
| J60 - Plastic fishing light sticks / fishing glow sticks incl. packaging | None |
| J61 - Other plastic fisheries related items not covered by other categories | None |
| J62 - Plastic floats for fishing nets | None |
| J63 - Plastic floats/buoys other source than fishing or not known | None |
| J64 - Plastic fenders | None |
| J65 - Plastic buckets | None |
| J66 - Plastic strapping bands | None |
| J67 - Plastic sheets, industrial packaging, sheeting | None |
| J68 - Fibre glass items | None |
| J69 - Plastic hard hats/helmets | None |
| J70 - Plastic shotgun cartridges | None |
| J72 - Plastic traffic cones | None |
| J79 - Fragments of non-foamed plastic 2.5cm ≥ ≤ 50cm | None |
| J80 - Fragments of non-foamed plastic > 50cm | None |
| J82 - Fragments of foamed polystyrene 2.5 cm ≥ ≤ 50 cm | None |
| J83 - Fragments of foamed polystyrene > 50cm | None |
| J84 - Plastic cds & dvds | None |
| J85 - Plastic commercial salt packaging | None |
| J86 - Plastic fin trees (from fins for scuba diving) | None |
| J87 - Plastic masking/duct/packing tape | None |
| J88 - Telephone | None |
| J89 - Plastic construction waste (not foamed insulation) | None |
| J90 - Plastic flower pots | None |
| J91 - Plastic biomass holder from sewage treatment plants and aquaculture | None |
| J92 - Plastic bait containers/packaging | None |
| J93 - Plastic cable ties | None |
| J98 - Plastic diapers/nappies | None |
| J101 - Bagged dog faeces | None |
| J102 - Plastic flip-flops | None |
| J126 - Rubber balls | None |
| J131 - Rubber band (small, for kitchen/household/post use) | None |
| J134 - Other rubber pieces | None |
| J136 - Footwear made of plastic, not flip-flops | None |
| J155 - Paper tubes and other pieces of fireworks | None |
| J156 - Paper fragments | None |
| J158 - Other paper items | None |
| J166 - Plastic paint brushes | None |
| J167 - Wooden fireworks & matches | None |
| J181 - Metal tableware (e.g. plates, cups & cutlery) | None |
| J188 - Other metal cans | None |
| J193 - Metal vehicle parts / batteries | None |
| J194 - Metal cables | None |
| J195 - Metal household batteries | None |
| J198 - Other metal pieces 2.5cm ≥ ≤ 50cm | None |
| J203 - Glass and ceramic tableware (plates/cups/glasses) | None |
| J208 - Pieces of glass/ceramic (glass or ceramic fragments ≥ 2.5 cm) | None |
| J216 - Unidentified generally dark-coloured oil-like chemicals | None |
| J217 - Unidentified generally light-coloured paraffin-like chemicals | None |
| J218 - Unidentified chemicals | None |
| J220 - Plastic sheeting from greenhouses | None |
| J221 - Plastic irrigation pipes | None |
| J222 - Other plastic items from agriculture | None |
| J223 - Trays for seedlings of foamed plastic | None |
| J224 - Plastic food containers made of foamed polystyrene | None |
| J225 - Plastic food containers made of hard non-foamed plastic | None |
| J226 - Cups and cup lids of foamed polystyrene | None |
| J227 - Cups and lids of hard plastic | None |
| J228 - Plastic cutlery | None |
| J229 - Plastic plates and trays | None |
| J230 - Plastic stirrers | None |
| J231 - Plastic straws | None |
| J232 - Plastic string and filaments exclusively from dolly ropes | None |
| J233 - Other plastic string and filaments exclusively from fishery | None |
| J234 - Plastic tangled nets and rope without dolly rope or mixed with dolly rope | None |
| J235 - Plastic tangled dolly rope | None |
| J236 - Other plastic personal hygiene and care items | None |
| J238 - Plastic mesh bags for vegetable, fruit and other products | None |
| J239 - Other foamed plastic items and fragments not made of foamed polystyrene | None |
| J240 - Other identifiable foamed plastic items | None |
| J241 - Other identifiable non-foamed plastic items | None |
| J242 - Plastic string and cord (diameter less than 1cm) not from dolly ropes or unidentified | None |
| J243 - Plastic remains of fireworks | None |
| J245 - Paper food trays, food wrappers, drink containers | None |
| J247 - Other paper containers | None |
| J250 - Rubber inner-tubes | None |
| J256 - Foamed plastic insulation including spray foam | None |
| J257 - Foamed plastic packaging | None |
Joint-List Rubber
| J125 - Rubber balloons | None |
| J127 - Rubber boots | None |
| J248 - Rubber sheet | None |
| J249 - Rubber belts | None |
| J251 - Rubber tyres | None |
Joint-List Cloth
| J137 - Clothing | None |
| J138 - Shoes & sandals made of leather and/or textile | None |
| J139 - Cloth textile backpacks & textile bags | None |
| J140 - Hessian sacks/packaging | None |
| J141 - Cloth textile carpet & furnishing | None |
| J143 - Sails, canvas | None |
| J145 - Other textiles | None |
Joint-List Paper/Cardboard
| J147 - Paper bags | None |
| J148 - Cardboard boxes | None |
| J150 - Paper cartons/tetrapak milk | None |
| J151 - Paper cartons/tetrapak (non-milk) | None |
| J152 - Paper cigarette packets | None |
| J154 - Paper newspapers & magazines | None |
| J244 - Paper cups | None |
Joint-List Wood (machined)
| J171 - Other processed wooden items 2.5 cm ≥ ≤ 50 cm | None |
| J172 - Other wood (Comments) | None |
| J159 - Wooden corks | None |
| J160 - Wooden pallets | None |
| J162 - Wooden crates, boxes, baskets for packaging | None |
| J163 - Wooden crab/lobster pots | None |
| J164 - Wooden fish boxes | None |
| J165 - Wooden ice-cream sticks, chip forks, chopsticks, toothpicks | None |
| J172 - Other processed wooden items > 50cm | None |
Joint-List Metal
| J130 - Wheels with metal hub | None |
| J174 - Metal aerosol/spray cans | None |
| J175 - Metal drink cans | None |
| J176 - Metal food cans | None |
| J177 - Metal foil wrappers, aluminium foil | None |
| J178 - Metal bottle caps, lids & pull tabs from cans | None |
| J179 - Metal disposable bbqs | None |
| J180 - Metal appliances (refrigerators, washers, etc.) | None |
| J182 - Metal fisheries related weights/sinkers, and lures | None |
| J184 - Metal lobster/crab pots | None |
| J186 - Metal industrial scrap | None |
| J187 - Metal drums & barrels | None |
| J190 - Metal paint tins | None |
| J191 - Wire, wire mesh, barbed wire | None |
| J199 - Other metal pieces > 50cm | None |
Joint-List Glass
| J200 - Glass bottles | None |
| J201 - Glass jars | None |
| J202 - Glass light bulbs | None |
| J205 - Glass fluorescent light tube | None |
| J210 - Other glass items (Comments) | None |
| J210 - Other glass items | None |
Joint-List Pottery/Ceramics
| J204 - Glass ceramic construction materials (bricks, tiles, cement) | None |
| J207 - Ceramic or glass octopus pots | None |
| J219 - Other ceramic items | None |
Joint-List Sanitary waste
| J95 - Plastic cotton bud sticks | None |
| J96 - Plastic sanitary towels/panty liners/backing strips | None |
| J97 - Plastic toilet fresheners | None |
| J133 - Rubber condoms (incl. packaging) | None |
| J144 - Plastic tampons and tampon applicators | None |
| J237 - Plastic wet wipes | None |
| J246 - Paper cotton bud sticks | None |
Joint-List Medical waste
| J99 - Plastic syringes/needles | None |
| J100 - Plastic medical/ pharmaceuticals containers/tubes/ packaging | None |
| J211 - Other plastic medical items (swabs, bandaging, adhesive plasters etc.) | None |
| J211 - Other medical items (Comments) | None |
| J252 - Single use gloves – plastic | None |
| J253 - Plastic single-use face-mask | None |
Joint-List High viscosity and persistent floating chemicals
No data available for Joint-List High viscosity and persistent floating chemicals.