St Marys Beach - Survey 100m 1 Jan 2006

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 01 January 2006
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 2781
Average items / m 27.81

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 2013 20.13 72.38
Rubber 49 0.49 1.76
Cloth 449 4.49 16.15
Pottery/Ceramics 5 0.05 0.18
Metal 114 1.14 4.10
Medical 8 0.08 0.29
Sanitary 47 0.47 1.69
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 76 0.76 2.73
Wood (machined) 4 0.04 0.14
Glass 16 0.16 0.58
TOTAL 2781

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 233 2.33 8.38
Packaging 223 2.23 8.02
SRD 55 0.55 1.98
Other 2270 22.70 81.63
TOTAL 2781