Submitted by tereza.vinhas on 29 October 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Tereza Vinhas |
Period |
4 |
Date of survey |
23 October 2014 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
699 |
Average items / m |
6.99 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
399 |
3.99 |
57.08 |
Rubber |
3 |
0.03 |
0.43 |
Cloth |
1 |
0.01 |
0.14 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
1 |
0.01 |
0.14 |
Metal |
6 |
0.06 |
0.86 |
Medical |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Sanitary |
29 |
0.29 |
4.15 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
242 |
2.42 |
34.62 |
Wood (machined) |
17 |
0.17 |
2.43 |
Glass |
1 |
0.01 |
0.14 |
TOTAL |
699 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
59 |
0.59 |
8.43 |
Packaging |
121 |
1.21 |
17.29 |
SRD |
29 |
0.29 |
4.14 |
Other |
491 |
4.91 |
70.14 |
TOTAL |
700 |