Polhawn - Survey 100m 14 Jan 2017

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 14 January 2017
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 5302
Average items / m 53.02

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 4913 49.13 92.66
Rubber 62 0.62 1.17
Cloth 178 1.78 3.36
Pottery/Ceramics 1 0.01 0.02
Metal 44 0.44 0.83
Medical 4 0.04 0.08
Sanitary 83 0.83 1.57
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 4 0.04 0.08
Wood (machined) 11 0.11 0.21
Glass 2 0.02 0.04
TOTAL 5302

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 395 3.95 7.45
Packaging 700 7.00 13.20
SRD 87 0.87 1.64
Other 4119.03 41.19 77.70
TOTAL 5301.03