Polhawn - Survey 100m 17 Sep 2017

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 17 September 2017
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 5711
Average items / m 57.11

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 5179 51.79 90.68
Rubber 208 2.08 3.64
Cloth 244 2.44 4.27
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 35 0.35 0.61
Medical 2 0.02 0.04
Sanitary 35 0.35 0.61
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 2 0.02 0.04
Wood (machined) 1 0.01 0.02
Glass 5 0.05 0.09
TOTAL 5711

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 657 6.57 11.51
Packaging 547 5.47 9.58
SRD 37 0.37 0.65
Other 4468 44.68 78.26
TOTAL 5709