Submitted by tereza.vinhas on 26 March 2015
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Tereza Vinhas |
Period |
1 |
Date of survey |
07 January 2015 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
851 |
Average items / m |
8.51 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
561 |
5.61 |
65.92 |
Rubber |
12 |
0.12 |
1.41 |
Cloth |
6 |
0.06 |
0.71 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
2 |
0.02 |
0.24 |
Metal |
14 |
0.14 |
1.65 |
Medical |
8 |
0.08 |
0.94 |
Sanitary |
162 |
1.62 |
19.04 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
77 |
0.77 |
9.05 |
Wood (machined) |
1 |
0.01 |
0.12 |
Glass |
8 |
0.08 |
0.94 |
TOTAL |
851 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
31 |
0.31 |
3.64 |
Packaging |
110 |
1.10 |
12.91 |
SRD |
170 |
1.70 |
19.95 |
Other |
541 |
5.41 |
63.50 |
TOTAL |
852 |