St Marys Beach - Survey 100m 1 Jan 2008

Survey data summary

Coordinator Sue Kinsey
Period 1
Date of survey 01 January 2008
Length of beach surveyed (m) 100
Total number of items 1659
Average items / m 16.59

Material types

MATERIAL Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Plastic/Polystyrene 1422 14.22 85.71
Rubber 32 0.32 1.93
Cloth 38 0.38 2.29
Pottery/Ceramics 0 0.00 0.00
Metal 138 1.38 8.32
Medical 5 0.05 0.30
Sanitary 3 0.03 0.18
Faeces 0 0.00 0.00
Paper/Cardboard 13 0.13 0.78
Wood (machined) 5 0.05 0.30
Glass 3 0.03 0.18
TOTAL 1659

Sources

SOURCE Total no. of items Items per m % of total
Fishing & Aquaculture 457 4.57 27.55
Packaging 485 4.85 29.23
SRD 8 0.08 0.48
Other 709 7.09 42.74
TOTAL 1659