Rocquaine Bay - Survey 100m 1 Oct 2007

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 01 October 2007
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 2537
Average items / m 25.37

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 2193 21.93 86.44
Rubber 142 1.42 5.60
Cloth 13 0.13 0.51
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 64 0.64 2.52
Medical 4 0.04 0.16
Sanitary 2 0.02 0.08
Faeces 1 0.01 0.04
Paper/Cardboard 102 1.02 4.02
Wood (machined) 3 0.03 0.12
Glass 13 0.13 0.51
TOTAL 2537

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 554 5.54 21.84
Packaging 158 1.58 6.23
SRD 6 0.06 0.24
Other 1819 18.19 71.70
TOTAL 2537