Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
4 |
Date of survey |
10 October 2012 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
853 |
Average items / m |
8.53 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
433 |
4.33 |
50.76 |
Rubber |
71 |
0.71 |
8.32 |
Cloth |
58 |
0.58 |
6.80 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
47 |
0.47 |
5.51 |
Metal |
90 |
0.90 |
10.55 |
Medical |
4 |
0.04 |
0.47 |
Sanitary |
1 |
0.01 |
0.12 |
Faeces |
1 |
0.01 |
0.12 |
Paper/Cardboard |
5 |
0.05 |
0.59 |
Wood (machined) |
9 |
0.09 |
1.06 |
Glass |
134 |
1.34 |
15.71 |
TOTAL |
853 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
38 |
0.38 |
4.46 |
Packaging |
224 |
2.24 |
26.29 |
SRD |
5 |
0.05 |
0.59 |
Other |
585 |
5.85 |
68.66 |
TOTAL |
852 |