Submitted by KNIB on 28 January 2019
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Conor Bush |
Period |
4 |
Date of survey |
16 October 2018 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
600 |
Average items / m |
6.00 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
391 |
3.91 |
65.17 |
Rubber |
53 |
0.53 |
8.83 |
Cloth |
7 |
0.07 |
1.17 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
2 |
0.02 |
0.33 |
Metal |
92 |
0.92 |
15.33 |
Medical |
1 |
0.01 |
0.17 |
Sanitary |
1 |
0.01 |
0.17 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
6 |
0.06 |
1.00 |
Wood (machined) |
47 |
0.47 |
7.83 |
Glass |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
TOTAL |
600 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
21 |
0.21 |
3.51 |
Packaging |
103 |
1.03 |
17.20 |
SRD |
2 |
0.02 |
0.33 |
Other |
473 |
4.73 |
78.96 |
TOTAL |
599 |