St Marys Beach - Survey 100m 1 Oct 2007

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 4
Date of survey 01 October 2007
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 2688
Average items / m 26.88

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1901 19.01 70.72
Rubber 104 1.04 3.87
Cloth 119 1.19 4.43
Pottery/Ceramics 1 0.01 0.04
Metal 277 2.77 10.31
Medical 12 0.12 0.45
Sanitary 31 0.31 1.15
Faeces 15 0.15 0.56
Paper/Cardboard 74 0.74 2.75
Wood (machined) 42 0.42 1.56
Glass 112 1.12 4.17
TOTAL 2688

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 256 2.56 9.52
Packaging 543 5.43 20.20
SRD 43 0.43 1.60
Other 1846 18.46 68.68
TOTAL 2688