Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
4 |
Date of survey |
18 September 2013 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
497 |
Average items / m |
4.97 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
299 |
2.99 |
60.16 |
Rubber |
9 |
0.09 |
1.81 |
Cloth |
19 |
0.19 |
3.82 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
4 |
0.04 |
0.80 |
Metal |
75 |
0.75 |
15.09 |
Medical |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Sanitary |
3 |
0.03 |
0.60 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
2 |
0.02 |
0.40 |
Wood (machined) |
5 |
0.05 |
1.01 |
Glass |
81 |
0.81 |
16.30 |
TOTAL |
497 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
31 |
0.31 |
6.24 |
Packaging |
168 |
1.68 |
33.80 |
SRD |
3 |
0.03 |
0.60 |
Other |
295 |
2.95 |
59.36 |
TOTAL |
497 |