Rottingdean - Survey 100m 20 Sep 2009

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 20 September 2009
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 2731
Average items / m 27.31

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 2057 20.57 75.32
Rubber 135 1.35 4.94
Cloth 71 0.71 2.60
Pottery/Ceramics 2 0.02 0.07
Metal 121 1.21 4.43
Medical 14 0.14 0.51
Sanitary 23 0.23 0.84
Faeces 1 0.01 0.04
Paper/Cardboard 127 1.27 4.65
Wood (machined) 153 1.53 5.60
Glass 27 0.27 0.99
TOTAL 2731

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 352 3.52 12.89
Packaging 378 3.78 13.84
SRD 37 0.37 1.35
Other 1964 19.64 71.92
TOTAL 2731