Rottingdean - Survey 100m 12 Jun 2005

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 3
Date of survey 12 June 2005
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1515
Average items / m 15.15

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1235 12.35 81.52
Rubber 66 0.66 4.36
Cloth 25 0.25 1.65
Pottery/Ceramics 3 0.03 0.20
Metal 119 1.19 7.85
Medical 0 0.00 0.00
Sanitary 2 0.02 0.13
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 10 0.10 0.66
Wood (machined) 49 0.49 3.23
Glass 6 0.06 0.40
TOTAL 1515

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 207 2.07 13.66
Packaging 221 2.21 14.59
SRD 2 0.02 0.13
Other 1085 10.85 71.62
TOTAL 1515