Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
3 |
Date of survey |
13 June 2013 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
808 |
Average items / m |
8.08 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
597 |
5.97 |
73.89 |
Rubber |
21 |
0.21 |
2.60 |
Cloth |
17 |
0.17 |
2.10 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
19 |
0.19 |
2.35 |
Metal |
70 |
0.70 |
8.66 |
Medical |
4 |
0.04 |
0.50 |
Sanitary |
5 |
0.05 |
0.62 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
6 |
0.06 |
0.74 |
Wood (machined) |
6 |
0.06 |
0.74 |
Glass |
63 |
0.63 |
7.80 |
TOTAL |
808 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
182 |
1.82 |
22.67 |
Packaging |
215 |
2.15 |
26.77 |
SRD |
9 |
0.09 |
1.12 |
Other |
397 |
3.97 |
49.44 |
TOTAL |
803 |