Polhawn - Survey 100m 8 Jul 2017

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 3
Date of survey 08 July 2017
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 5306
Average items / m 53.06

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 4482 44.82 84.47
Rubber 478 4.78 9.01
Cloth 251 2.51 4.73
Pottery/Ceramics 1 0.01 0.02
Metal 52 0.52 0.98
Medical 10 0.10 0.19
Sanitary 19 0.19 0.36
Faeces 1 0.01 0.02
Paper/Cardboard 5 0.05 0.09
Wood (machined) 5 0.05 0.09
Glass 2 0.02 0.04
TOTAL 5306

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 310 3.10 5.84
Packaging 508 5.08 9.57
SRD 29 0.29 0.55
Other 4459 44.59 84.04
TOTAL 5306