Long Strand - Survey 100m 1 Jan 2009

Survey data summary

Coordinator Annabel Fitzgerald
Period 1
Date of survey 01 January 2009
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 373
Average items / m 3.73

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 359 3.59 96.25
Rubber 1 0.01 0.27
Cloth 1 0.01 0.27
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 2 0.02 0.54
Medical 0 0.00 0.00
Sanitary 1 0.01 0.27
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 4 0.04 1.07
Wood (machined) 5 0.05 1.34
Glass 0 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 373

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 271 2.71 72.65
Packaging 66 0.66 17.69
SRD 1 0.01 0.27
Other 35 0.35 9.38
TOTAL 373