Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
1 |
Date of survey |
09 January 2013 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
673 |
Average items / m |
6.73 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
439 |
4.39 |
65.23 |
Rubber |
4 |
0.04 |
0.59 |
Cloth |
17 |
0.17 |
2.53 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
1 |
0.01 |
0.15 |
Metal |
77 |
0.77 |
11.44 |
Medical |
1 |
0.01 |
0.15 |
Sanitary |
115 |
1.15 |
17.09 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
10 |
0.10 |
1.49 |
Wood (machined) |
4 |
0.04 |
0.59 |
Glass |
5 |
0.05 |
0.74 |
TOTAL |
673 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
5 |
0.05 |
0.74 |
Packaging |
237 |
2.37 |
35.22 |
SRD |
116 |
1.16 |
17.24 |
Other |
315 |
3.15 |
46.81 |
TOTAL |
673 |