Polhawn - Survey 100m 18 Sep 2016

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 18 September 2016
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1862
Average items / m 18.62

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1550 15.50 83.24
Rubber 179 1.79 9.61
Cloth 42 0.42 2.26
Pottery/Ceramics 1 0.01 0.05
Metal 42 0.42 2.26
Medical 7 0.07 0.38
Sanitary 32 0.32 1.72
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 2 0.02 0.11
Wood (machined) 4 0.04 0.21
Glass 3 0.03 0.16
TOTAL 1862

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 70 0.70 3.76
Packaging 280 2.80 15.05
SRD 39 0.39 2.10
Other 1472 14.72 79.10
TOTAL 1861