St Marys Beach - Survey 100m 1 Oct 2005

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 01 October 2005
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1539
Average items / m 15.39

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1259 12.59 81.81
Rubber 36 0.36 2.34
Cloth 72 0.72 4.68
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 81 0.81 5.26
Medical 0 0.00 0.00
Sanitary 51 0.51 3.31
Faeces 2 0.02 0.13
Paper/Cardboard 18 0.18 1.17
Wood (machined) 8 0.08 0.52
Glass 12 0.12 0.78
TOTAL 1539

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 679 6.79 44.12
Packaging 334 3.34 21.70
SRD 51 0.51 3.31
Other 475 4.75 30.86
TOTAL 1539