Sand Bay - Survey 100m 20 Sep 2015

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 20 September 2015
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 3718
Average items / m 37.18

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 3177 31.77 85.45
Rubber 29 0.29 0.78
Cloth 10 0.10 0.27
Pottery/Ceramics 4 0.04 0.11
Metal 45 0.45 1.21
Medical 7 0.07 0.19
Sanitary 356 3.56 9.58
Faeces 8 0.08 0.22
Paper/Cardboard 46 0.46 1.24
Wood (machined) 24 0.24 0.65
Glass 12 0.12 0.32
TOTAL 3718

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 129 1.29 3.47
Packaging 267 2.67 7.18
SRD 363 3.63 9.76
Other 2961 29.61 79.60
TOTAL 3720