Polhawn - Survey 100m 16 Apr 2016

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 2
Date of survey 16 April 2016
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 6425
Average items / m 64.25

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 5512 55.12 85.79
Rubber 657 6.57 10.23
Cloth 122 1.22 1.90
Pottery/Ceramics 2 0.02 0.03
Metal 54 0.54 0.84
Medical 10 0.10 0.16
Sanitary 42 0.42 0.65
Faeces 1 0.01 0.02
Paper/Cardboard 7 0.07 0.11
Wood (machined) 15 0.15 0.23
Glass 3 0.03 0.05
TOTAL 6425

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 265 2.65 4.13
Packaging 841 8.41 13.09
SRD 52 0.52 0.81
Other 5266.03 52.66 81.97
TOTAL 6424.03