Rottingdean - Survey 100m 27 Jan 2008

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 27 January 2008
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1386
Average items / m 13.86

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1241 12.41 89.54
Rubber 9 0.09 0.65
Cloth 31 0.31 2.24
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 58 0.58 4.18
Medical 3 0.03 0.22
Sanitary 1 0.01 0.07
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 7 0.07 0.51
Wood (machined) 33 0.33 2.38
Glass 3 0.03 0.22
TOTAL 1386

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 378 3.78 27.27
Packaging 239 2.39 17.24
SRD 4 0.04 0.29
Other 765 7.65 55.19
TOTAL 1386