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The general purpose of the research on solid wastes, mainly plastics, existing in the trawling seabed of the Gulf of Valencia, is to find their composition and abundance. For 21 days during the eight months of field work, 1043 km were sampled during the 160 hours of trawling. The areas sampled were designated by the preexisting trawling pattern. The classification was done manually and according to its composition six fundamental kinds of residues were established: plastics, metals, glasses, woods, textiles and others. Plastic containers were counted as units and weighted with the rest of the plastics. 697 different items were obtained: 33.4% plastics, 26,3% metals, 17% glasses, 12,3% woods, 9.4% textiles, 1.6% others and a total of 77.5 kg of plastics.
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