Polhawn - Survey 100m 19 Sep 2015

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 19 September 2015
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 4248
Average items / m 42.48

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 3962 39.62 93.27
Rubber 7 0.07 0.16
Cloth 199 1.99 4.68
Pottery/Ceramics 1 0.01 0.02
Metal 44 0.44 1.04
Medical 3 0.03 0.07
Sanitary 31 0.31 0.73
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 0 0.00 0.00
Wood (machined) 1 0.01 0.02
Glass 0 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 4248

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 222 2.22 5.23
Packaging 202 2.02 4.76
SRD 34 0.34 0.80
Other 3790 37.90 89.22
TOTAL 4248