Beach Litter collected in 2023-2024 by citizen science association the Proper Strand Lopers

Beach Litter count data collected across 10 beaches of the Belgian coast in 2023 and 2024 by volunteers of the citizen science association Proper Strand Lopers. One of the key indicators of abundance, composition and trends of litter in the marine environment is the amount on beaches. OSPAR monitors litter on 100m stretches at over 70 beaches in the North-East Atlantic following common monitoring guidelines. The monitoring records litter in 112 predefined litter items in 11 types: Plastic / polystyrene, Metal, Paper and cardboard, Wood, Sanitary waste, Cloth, Rubber, Glass, Pottery/ceramics, Medical waste and Faeces.

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Date (Creation)
2024-09-08
Date (Revision)
2025-02-06
Date (Publication)
2025-12-03
Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.24417/133548fd-2653-dca7-8b79-2b969c20e300
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / 133548fd-2653-dca7-8b79-2b969c20e300

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This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Francis Strobbe, Yvan Stojanov, Johnny Rymenans (2025). Beach Litter web application. (2) Senne Aertbeliën, Alex Vandenbrouck (n.d.). Beach litter data.
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Author
  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
http://www.bmdc.be
Author
  Proper Strand Lopers
Kersenlaan 14, 8400 Oostende, Belgium ,
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Owner
  Federal Public Service Health, Food chain safety and Environment - DG Environment, Marine Environment Service
Keywords
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Federal government
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No conditions apply to access and use
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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No limitations on public access.
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No conditions apply to use.
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Date
Unique resource identifier
Belgian Coast
gml32:beginPosition
2023-02-28
gml32:endPosition
2024-12-14
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
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  • text/html ( Unknown )

  • text/csv ( Unknown )

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Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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text/html
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Unknown
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0.009352
OnLine resource
Beach Litter web application. Francis Strobbe, Yvan Stojanov, Johnny Rymenans ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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text/csv
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.313021
OnLine resource
Beach litter data. Senne Aertbeliën, Alex Vandenbrouck ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in CSV

OnLine resource
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement
Volunteers clean a defined area of 100 metres in 10 beach municipalities on the Belgian coast four times a year, and meticulously record what has been cleared. Macrolitter items are identified based on the Joint List of Litter Categories for Marine Macrolitter Monitoring.
File identifier
133548fd-2653-dca7-8b79-2b969c20e300 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-12-03T16:08:31.359+01:00
Metadata standard name
Geographic information -- Metadata
Metadata standard version
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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