St Marys Beach - Survey 100m 1 Jul 2006

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 3
Date of survey 01 July 2006
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 2766
Average items / m 27.66

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 2181 21.81 78.85
Rubber 41 0.41 1.48
Cloth 196 1.96 7.09
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 148 1.48 5.35
Medical 2 0.02 0.07
Sanitary 106 1.06 3.83
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 33 0.33 1.19
Wood (machined) 42 0.42 1.52
Glass 17 0.17 0.61
TOTAL 2766

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 371 3.71 13.41
Packaging 409 4.09 14.78
SRD 108 1.08 3.90
Other 1879 18.79 67.91
TOTAL 2767