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Monitoring sheet: Categories of Collected Litter Items
The purpose of this document is to provide you with a template monitoring sheet that you can adapt
and use in your project to monitor the marine litter that is collected by fishermen. This template is
based on the European guidelines, Guidance on monitoring of marine litter in European Seas, and
can be adapted according to the needs of your project.
Item
Total No.
Plastic and polymers
Plastic bags
Drink bottles
Engine oil bottles and containers
Jerry Cans (square plastic containers with handle)
Other bottles and containers
4/6-pack yokes, six-pack rings
Plastic caps and lids
Packaging, plastic sheeting
Synthetic rope
Plastic/polystyrene pieces
Other large plastic/polystyrene items (please specify)
Buoys
Fish boxes
Crab/lobster pots
Mussels nets, Oyster nets/trays
Fishing nets and pieces of net
Fishing line
Other fishing related
Rubber
Gloves
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Tyres and belts
Rubber boots
Other rubber items (please specify)
Textile
Rope
Clothing & Shoes
Other cloth/textile items (please below)
Metal
Cans (beverage and food)
Aerosol/Spray cans industry
Bottle caps and lids
Paint Tins
Oil Filters
Barrels, drums and other large metallic containers
Wire
Industrial scrap
Car parts / batteries
Fishing related (weights, sinkers, lures, hooks)
Other large metal items (please specify)
Processed/worked wood
Crates/ Dunnage
Pallets
Fish boxes
Crab/lobster pots
Other large wooden items (please specify below)
Glass/ceramics
Bottles incl. pieces
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Construction material (brick, cement, pipes)
Glass or ceramic fragments
Large glass objects (specify)
Other glass items
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