Rottingdean - Survey 100m 29 Jan 2006

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 29 January 2006
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1452
Average items / m 14.52

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1269 12.69 87.40
Rubber 65 0.65 4.48
Cloth 37 0.37 2.55
Pottery/Ceramics 1 0.01 0.07
Metal 33 0.33 2.27
Medical 1 0.01 0.07
Sanitary 1 0.01 0.07
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 20 0.20 1.38
Wood (machined) 22 0.22 1.52
Glass 3 0.03 0.21
TOTAL 1452

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 558 5.58 38.43
Packaging 189 1.89 13.02
SRD 2 0.02 0.14
Other 703 7.03 48.42
TOTAL 1452