Submitted by tereza.vinhas on 17 October 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Tereza Vinhas |
Period |
4 |
Date of survey |
14 October 2014 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
788 |
Average items / m |
7.88 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
745 |
7.45 |
94.54 |
Rubber |
2 |
0.02 |
0.25 |
Cloth |
1 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
1 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
Metal |
1 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
Medical |
1 |
0.01 |
0.13 |
Sanitary |
19 |
0.19 |
2.41 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
2 |
0.02 |
0.25 |
Wood (machined) |
11 |
0.11 |
1.40 |
Glass |
5 |
0.05 |
0.63 |
TOTAL |
788 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
59 |
0.59 |
7.44 |
Packaging |
127 |
1.27 |
16.02 |
SRD |
20 |
0.20 |
2.52 |
Other |
587 |
5.87 |
74.02 |
TOTAL |
793 |