Freshwater East - Survey 100m 1 Oct 2003

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 01 October 2003
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1853
Average items / m 18.53

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1702 17.02 91.85
Rubber 5 0.05 0.27
Cloth 5 0.05 0.27
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 2 0.02 0.11
Medical 1 0.01 0.05
Sanitary 120 1.20 6.48
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 6 0.06 0.32
Wood (machined) 7 0.07 0.38
Glass 5 0.05 0.27
TOTAL 1853

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 587 5.87 31.68
Packaging 249 2.49 13.44
SRD 121 1.21 6.53
Other 896 8.96 48.35
TOTAL 1853