Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches

Table 2

Total items (number, item) accumulated during beach and ship surveys.

Rank	Beach survey			Ship survey
	Objects	Total items	Total (%)	Objects	Total items	Total (%)
1	Clear plastic bottles	4,407	14.48	Clear plastic bottles	6,148	30.36
2	Plastic fragments	3,121	10.25	Food wrapper	2,421	11.96
3	Plastic food wrapper	3,116	10.24	Rubber (others)	2,174	10.74
4	Colored plastic bottles	2,488	8.17	Plastic fragments	2,139	10.56
5	Plastic (others)	2,422	7.96	Aluminum cans	1,320	6.52
6	Cups	2,099	6.90	Oil rags	1,124	5.55
7	Bottle caps	1,986	6.52	Colored plastic bottles	984	4.86
8	Food wrappers	1,966	6.46	Cardboard cartons	865	4.27
9	Packaging	1,540	5.06	Tin cans	522	2.58
10	Cardboard cartons	1,246	4.09	Glass bottles	511	2.52