Submitted by donal.cronin on 11 September 2014
Survey data summary
Coordinator |
Donal Cronin |
Period |
2 |
Date of survey |
16 April 2013 |
Length of beach surveyed (m) |
100 |
Total number of items |
1468 |
Average items / m |
14.68 |
Material types
MATERIAL |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Plastic/Polystyrene |
1013 |
10.13 |
69.01 |
Rubber |
66 |
0.66 |
4.50 |
Cloth |
99 |
0.99 |
6.74 |
Pottery/Ceramics |
8 |
0.08 |
0.54 |
Metal |
147 |
1.47 |
10.01 |
Medical |
9 |
0.09 |
0.61 |
Sanitary |
82 |
0.82 |
5.59 |
Faeces |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Paper/Cardboard |
11 |
0.11 |
0.75 |
Wood (machined) |
11 |
0.11 |
0.75 |
Glass |
22 |
0.22 |
1.50 |
TOTAL |
1468 |
Sources
SOURCE |
Total no. of items |
Items per m |
% of total |
Fishing & Aquaculture |
23 |
0.23 |
1.57 |
Packaging |
483 |
4.83 |
32.92 |
SRD |
91 |
0.91 |
6.20 |
Other |
870 |
8.70 |
59.30 |
TOTAL |
1467 |