Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
1 |
Date of survey |
24 January 2013 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
438 |
Average items / m |
4.38 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
363 |
3.63 |
82.88 |
Rubber |
4 |
0.04 |
0.91 |
Cloth |
17 |
0.17 |
3.88 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Metal |
11 |
0.11 |
2.51 |
Medical |
1 |
0.01 |
0.23 |
Sanitary |
34 |
0.34 |
7.76 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
4 |
0.04 |
0.91 |
Wood (machined) |
1 |
0.01 |
0.23 |
Glass |
3 |
0.03 |
0.68 |
TOTAL |
438 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
8 |
0.08 |
1.83 |
Packaging |
106 |
1.06 |
24.20 |
SRD |
35 |
0.35 |
7.99 |
Other |
289 |
2.89 |
65.98 |
TOTAL |
438 |