Status of the Beach Litter in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Dungonab and Mukkawar Island Marine National Park in Sudan, Red Sea

Table 3

Composition and density of beach litter in DMNP (n = 4/site).

Beach	SH		DY		DV		CA		TOY		MGJ
Litter items	N (item/100 m)	W (kg/100 m)	N (item/100 m)	W (kg/100 m)	N (item/100 m)	W (kg/100 m)	N (item/100 m)	W (kg/100 m)	N (item/100 m)	W (kg/100 m)	N (item/100 m)	W (kg/100 m)
Plastics	96	2.76	513	22.15	451	143.23	46	3.53	72	10.38	560	77.47
Fishing gears	—	—	83	8.03	73	32.06	40	7.03	12	0.85	49	12.25
Metal	—	—	23	3	63	34.18	—	—	11	4.66	6	0.5
Processed wood	25	7.55	78	6.2	110	52	3	1	36	13.5	130	113.16
Glass	1	0.5	8	3.5	19	2.05	—	—	1	0.05	2	0.5
Textile	—	—	17	1.73	131	63	—	—	8	1.1	10	3.21
Food wrapper/pack	4	1.07	34	1.06	24	0.12	7	0.6	9	0.04	39	1.62
Cigarette butts	1	0.02	35	0.43	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	12	0.1
Cigarette lighters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.05
Others	10	0.2	6	11.41	23	6.85	4	0.09	17	7.15	127	8.57
Total	137	12.1	797	57.51	895	333.96	101	12.27	167	37.75	940	215.66

SH: Shanaab Bay; DY: DokanAlyamani; DV: Dungonab Village; CA: Cleaning Area; TOY: Toytoy; MGJ: Mohamed Gol Jetty.