Marine Debris Survey at the Pacific Northwest

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(Ocean Shores, WA)

Sep. 2011

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September 2011 Research Overview

Marine Debris Survey at the Pacific Northwest

Many people visit and spend several days at the resort area of the Pacific Northwest in early September. The beach where we performed our second arrival situation research had many people who were enjoying driving on the edge of the surf.

However, it was very disappointing when we saw that there were a lot of local trash dumped from cars or simply left there after a beach party.

Among these local trashes, we could find about 10 pcs. of labels, plastic bottles, plastic caps, and glass bottle that were apparently made in Asian countries.

In this research, we found Chinese, Taiwanese (R.O.C.) and Indonesian debris.

We were also able to find two mineral water PET bottles that were specially designed for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

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Country of origin	China	Indonesia	Taiwan	Others*	Total
No.	8	1	1	0	10

*refers to debris believed to originate in Asia, but is unidentifiable to a specific country

Item No:	11905-1	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.190208, -124.201298
Category:	Glass Bottle	Size & Weight:	26.5cm x 8.5cm
Country Originally Manufactured: China
Information:	This glass bottle is for Chinese traditional medicine wine. Jingba or BaJin is a one of the popular categories of sweet medicine wine.

Item No:	11905-2	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.195895, -124.202499
Category:	Plastic Bottle	Size & Weight:	30cm x 8.5cm
Country Originally Manufactured: Taiwan ( R.O.C.)
Information:	Young Energy Source (YES) Mineral Water is a Toucheng City based company which is located 32 km (20 mils) east of Taipei.

Item No:	11905-3	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.195283, -124.202971
Category:	Plastic Bottle	Size & Weight:	24cm x 6.5cm
Country Originally Manufactured: Wenzhou City, China
Information:	Master Kong (Kangshifu) mineral water is a Hong Kong listed food and beverage manufacturer of Ting Hsin International. (This bottle was specially designed for the 2008 Beijing Olympic)

Item No:	11905-4	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.188633, -124.201255
Category:	Plastic Bottle (L-size)	Size & Weight:	31cm x 9cm
Country Originally Manufactured: Wenzhou City, China
Information:	Master Kong (Kangshifu) mineral water is a Hong Kong listed food and beverage manufacturer of Ting Hsin International. (This bottle was specially designed for the 2008 Beijing Olympic)

Item No:	11905-5	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.194831, -124.202435
Category:	Plastic Bottle	Size & Weight:	21cm x 6cm
Country Originally Manufactured: China
Information:	This is an Ice Tea bottle manufactured under the brand name of Master Kong (Kangshifu), and is a Hong Kong listed food and beverage manufacturer of Ting Hsin International.

Item No:	11905-6	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.192745, -124.202564
Category:	Plastic Bottle	Size & Weight:	23cm x 6cm
Country Originally Manufactured: China
Information:	Wa Ha Ha is one of the leading Chinese beverage brands in Hangzhou, China.

Item No:	11905-7	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.185833, -124.200375
Category:	Plastic Bottle	Size & Weight:	23cm x 6cm
Country Originally Manufactured: China
Information:	Guangzhou City based Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd. is one of the "Top 10 Corporations" in China's beverage industry.

Item No:	11905-8	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.192031, -124.203079
Category:	Plastic Bottle Cap	Size & Weight:	3cm x 1.2cm
Country Originally Manufactured: Jakarta, Indonesia
Information:	DANONE Aqua is one of the largest beverage manufactures in Asia.

Item No:	11905-9	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.021334, -124.172459
Category:	Label of Mineral Water	Size & Weight:	27cm x 6.5cm
Country Originally Manufactured: China
Information:	Lushan Spring is Ylyuan city based company about 600km (370miles) southeast of Beijing.

Item No:	11905-10	Date Collected:	September 5, 2011
Located at	47.191083, -124.202456
Category:	Plastic Bottle (L-size)	Size & Weight:	32cm x 8cm
Country Originally Manufactured: China
Information:	Guangzhou City based Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd. is one of the "Top 10 Corporations" in China's beverage industry.