Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
4 |
Date of survey |
21 September 2012 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
956 |
Average items / m |
9.56 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
410 |
4.10 |
42.89 |
Rubber |
16 |
0.16 |
1.67 |
Cloth |
49 |
0.49 |
5.13 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
3 |
0.03 |
0.31 |
Metal |
52 |
0.52 |
5.44 |
Medical |
6 |
0.06 |
0.63 |
Sanitary |
392 |
3.92 |
41.00 |
Faeces |
1 |
0.01 |
0.10 |
Paper/Cardboard |
9 |
0.09 |
0.94 |
Wood (machined) |
6 |
0.06 |
0.63 |
Glass |
12 |
0.12 |
1.26 |
TOTAL |
956 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
16 |
0.16 |
1.67 |
Packaging |
156 |
1.56 |
16.32 |
SRD |
398 |
3.98 |
41.63 |
Other |
386 |
3.86 |
40.38 |
TOTAL |
956 |