{"id":43735,"date":"2025-10-21T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/?p=43735"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:26:19","slug":"bilan-environnemental-des-nettoyages-de-plage-wildsuits-2024-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/bilan-environnemental-des-nettoyages-de-plage-wildsuits-2024-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildsuits Beach Clean-Ups Environmental Report (2024\u20132025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since May 2024, Wildsuits has been committed to organizing regular beach clean-up actions around Ericeira, Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In collaboration with local associations such as ALP, and above all with the help of 140 volunteers, we have carried out 5 concrete actions to protect our coastlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Im-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u267b\ufe0f 315 kg of waste removed from beaches<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In just over a year, we collected a total of 315 kg of waste across five different beaches in the region. Here\u2019s the breakdown of the operations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udcc6 Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\ud83d\udc65 Participants<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u267b\ufe0f Total collected<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Plastic<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Glass<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Other (wood, metal, tires, cardboard\u2026)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 11, 2024<\/td><td>Foz do Lizandro<\/td><td>+30<\/td><td>122 kg<\/td><td>80 kg<\/td><td>10 kg<\/td><td>32 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nov 3, 2024<\/td><td>Foz do Lizandro<\/td><td>30 \u00e0 40<\/td><td>40 kg<\/td><td>28 kg<\/td><td>4 kg<\/td><td>8 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 6, 2025<\/td><td>Ribeira D\u2019Ilhas<\/td><td>+25<\/td><td>78 kg<\/td><td>19 kg<\/td><td>1 kg<\/td><td>58 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 12, 2025<\/td><td>Praia dos Pescadores<\/td><td>+25<\/td><td>38 kg<\/td><td>10 kg<\/td><td>4 kg<\/td><td>24 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oct 5, 2025<\/td><td>Foz do Lizandro<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>37 kg<\/td><td>9 kg<\/td><td>4 kg<\/td><td>24 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cumulative<\/strong><\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>~140<\/td><td><strong>315 kg<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>146 kg<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>23 kg<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>146 kg<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The \u201cOther\u201d category includes: wood with nails, tires, composite waste, food waste, rusty metal, soaked cardboard, non-recyclable mixed packaging, etc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Up to 4.75 million liters of water protected<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Every piece of trash removed from the beach represents pollution avoided in the ocean.\nBased on estimates used by several NGOs and environmental research centers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>1 cigarette butt can pollute up to 500\u20131,000 liters of water<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 kg of plastic can contaminate up to 25,000 liters through microplastic release and toxins.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other waste (tires, treated wood, metals, soiled cardboard, etc.) also represents major indirect pollution.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of 5 clean-ups, more than 1,200 cigarette butts were collected \u2014 saving 600,000 liters of water just with them.<br>With 146 kg of plastic recovered, that\u2019s over 3.6 million liters of water protected, plus about 500,000 liters estimated for other waste types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading translation-block\">\ud83d\udc49 Estimated total: 4,750,000 liters of water preserved from pollution.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"43107\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApge-2025-04-09-at-14.13.45.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"42599\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"42598\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/retouche2.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udcda Sources :<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ecotox Centre (Switzerland) on cigarette butts<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecotoxcentre.ch\/media\/194900\/2019_zigarettenstummel_en.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> link<br><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surfrider Foundation Europe :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfrider.eu\/learn\/news\/pour-ocean-sans-megots?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> surfrider.eu<br><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our World in Data :<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/plastic-pollution?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> ourworldindata.org\/plastic-pollution<br><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What that means in real terms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>4.75 million liters of water equals:<br>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udca7 31,600 showers (150 liters each)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udec1 19\u202f000 baths<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67\u200d\ud83d\udc66 6 years of drinking water consumption for a family of 4.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And this is just the beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" translation-block\">This report aims to document the real impact of each action and to highlight the collective efforts of our community.\n\nWe will continue to update these figures after every new clean-up to measure our long-term environmental contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Beach cleanup eiriceira\" class=\"wp-image-41918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/concha-picture.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"41891\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Beach clean\" class=\"wp-image-41891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0014.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"41887\" src=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Beach clean up\" class=\"wp-image-41887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_0050.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\ude4b\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Get involved!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Take part in our upcoming clean-ups<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help us organize the next event<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or receive advice on setting up your own local action<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\ud83d\udc49 Write to us at: hello@wildsuits.fr\n\nWe\u2019d be happy to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Every cigarette butt picked up, every bag filled, every step on the sand counts.\n\nThank you to everyone who stood by our side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udde1 <strong>Be Wild. Be Clean. Be the Change.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depuis mai 2024, Wildsuits s\u2019est engag\u00e9 \u00e0 organiser r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement des actions de nettoyage de plage autour d\u2019Ericeira, au Portugal. En collaboration avec des associations locales, comme ALP et surtout avec l\u2019aide de 140 b\u00e9n\u00e9voles, nous avons men\u00e9 5 actions concr\u00e8tes pour prot\u00e9ger nos littoraux. \u267b\ufe0f 315 kg de d\u00e9chets retir\u00e9s des plages En un peu [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43738,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43735\/revisions\/43738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsuits.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}