Ballyhornan - Survey 100m 18 Sep 2013

Survey data summary

Coordinator Donal Cronin
Period 4
Date of survey 18 September 2013
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 943
Average items / m 9.43

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 866 8.66 91.83
Rubber 12 0.12 1.27
Cloth 9 0.09 0.95
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 15 0.15 1.59
Medical 5 0.05 0.53
Sanitary 33 0.33 3.50
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 0 0.00 0.00
Wood (machined) 2 0.02 0.21
Glass 1 0.01 0.11
TOTAL 943

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 59 0.59 6.26
Packaging 174 1.74 18.45
SRD 38 0.38 4.03
Other 672 6.72 71.26
TOTAL 943