St Marys Beach - Survey 100m 1 Jan 2005

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 01 January 2005
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 5180
Average items / m 51.80

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 4310 43.10 83.20
Rubber 150 1.50 2.90
Cloth 267 2.67 5.15
Pottery/Ceramics 7 0.07 0.14
Metal 216 2.16 4.17
Medical 2 0.02 0.04
Sanitary 68 0.68 1.31
Faeces 1 0.01 0.02
Paper/Cardboard 67 0.67 1.29
Wood (machined) 76 0.76 1.47
Glass 16 0.16 0.31
TOTAL 5180

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 1085 10.85 20.95
Packaging 707 7.07 13.65
SRD 70 0.70 1.35
Other 3318 33.18 64.05
TOTAL 5180