Menie Links - Balmedie - Survey 100m 1 Jan 2003

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 01 January 2003
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 2202
Average items / m 22.02

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1558 15.58 70.75
Rubber 21 0.21 0.95
Cloth 7 0.07 0.32
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 19 0.19 0.86
Medical 1 0.01 0.05
Sanitary 330 3.30 14.99
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 3 0.03 0.14
Wood (machined) 195 1.95 8.86
Glass 68 0.68 3.09
TOTAL 2202

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 259 2.59 11.76
Packaging 494 4.94 22.43
SRD 331 3.31 15.03
Other 1118 11.18 50.77
TOTAL 2202