Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
1 |
Date of survey |
17 January 2013 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
1004 |
Average items / m |
10.04 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
709 |
7.09 |
70.62 |
Rubber |
48 |
0.48 |
4.78 |
Cloth |
12 |
0.12 |
1.20 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
4 |
0.04 |
0.40 |
Metal |
176 |
1.76 |
17.53 |
Medical |
1 |
0.01 |
0.10 |
Sanitary |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Faeces |
1 |
0.01 |
0.10 |
Paper/Cardboard |
14 |
0.14 |
1.39 |
Wood (machined) |
33 |
0.33 |
3.29 |
Glass |
6 |
0.06 |
0.60 |
TOTAL |
1004 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
30 |
0.30 |
2.99 |
Packaging |
382 |
3.82 |
38.05 |
SRD |
1 |
0.01 |
0.10 |
Other |
591 |
5.91 |
58.86 |
TOTAL |
1004 |