Margate Main Beach - Survey 100m 1 Oct 2001

Submitted by lizzie.prior on 01 October 2001
Beach: 
Margate Main Beach
Survey summary: 
Date of survey: 
01 October 2001
Additional information
Was litter collected during this survey? 
No
Did you divert from the predetermined 100 metres? 
No
Did you find any stranded or dead animals? 
No
Plastic/Polystyrene
4/6 pack yokes: 
1
Bags (e.g. shopping): 
5
Small plastic bags e.g. freezer bags: 
0
Drinks (bottles, containers & drums): 
7
Cleaner (bottles, containers & drums): 
1
Food containers incl. fast food containers: 
19
Cosmetics (bottles & containers e.g. sun lotion, shampoo, shower gel, deodorant): 
0
Engine oil containers & drums < 50cm: 
1
Engine oil containers & drums > 50cm: 
1
Jerry cans (square plastic containers with handles): 
0
Injection gun containers: 
0
Other bottles, containers & drums: 
0
Crates: 
0
Car parts: 
0
Caps/lids: 
4
Cigarette lighters: 
1
Pens: 
1
Combs/hair brushes: 
1
Crisp/sweet packets and lolly sticks: 
19
Toys & party poppers: 
6
Cups: 
13
Cutlery/trays/straws: 
4
Fertiliser/animal feed bags: 
0
Mesh vegetable bags: 
3
Gloves (typical washing up gloves): 
0
Crab/lobster pots: 
0
Octopus pots: 
0
Oyster nets or mussel bags including plastic stoppers: 
0
Oysters trays (round from oyster cultures): 
0
Plastic sheeting from mussel culture (Tahitians): 
0
Tangled nets/cord/rope & string: 
0
Fish boxes: 
0
Fishing line (angling): 
3
Light sticks (tubes with fluid): 
0
Floats/buoys: 
1
Buckets: 
0
Strapping bands: 
7
Industrial packaging, plastic sheeting: 
1
Fibre glass: 
1
Hard hats: 
0
Shotgun cartridges: 
3
Shoes/sandals: 
2
Foam sponge: 
5
Plastic/polystyrene pieces > 50cm: 
0
Other plastic/polystyrene items (specify below): 
1
Rubber
Balloons, including plastic valves, ribbons, strings etc. 
8
Boots: 
1
Tyres and belts: 
2
Other rubber pieces (specify below): 
22
Cloth
Clothing: 
3
Sacking: 
4
Shoes (leather): 
6
Other textiles (specify below): 
6
Paper/Cardboard
Bags: 
5
Cardboard: 
11
Cigarette packets: 
4
Cigarette butts: 
23
Cups: 
7
Newspapers & magazines: 
5
Other paper items (specify below): 
22
Wood (machined)
Corks: 
3
Pallets: 
0
Crates: 
4
Crab/lobster pots: 
1
Ice lolly sticks/chip forks: 
7
Paint brushes: 
2
Other wood < 50cm (specify below): 
14
Other wood > 50cm (specify below): 
2
Metal
Aerosol/spray cans: 
4
Bottle caps: 
20
Drink cans: 
22
Electrical appliances: 
1
Fishing weights: 
1
Foil wrappers: 
23
Food cans: 
4
Industrial scrap: 
4
Paint tins: 
1
Lobster/crab pots & tops: 
0
Wire, wire mesh, barbed wire: 
3
Other metal pieces < 50cm (specify below): 
4
Other metal pieces > 50cm (specify below): 
0
Glass
Bottles: 
20
Light bulbs/tubes: 
2
Other glass items (specify below): 
26
Pottery/Ceramics
Construction material e.g. tiles, bricks: 
0
Octopus pots: 
0
Other ceramic/pottery items: 
6
Sanitary waste
Condoms: 
4
Cotton bud sticks: 
6
Sanitary towels/panty liners/backing strips: 
30
Tampons and tampon applicators: 
7
Toilet fresheners: 
1
Other sanitary items (specify below): 
9
Medical waste
Syringes: 
0
Other medical items (specify below): 
0
Other pollutants
Paraffin or wax pieces 0-1cm: 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Paraffin or wax pieces 1-10cm: 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Paraffin or wax pieces > 10cm: 
0.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Other pollutants (specify below): 
1.00 (estimated number per metre of strandline)
Pellets (nurdles): 
0