Research Article

Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches

Table 4

Ten most numerous objects (item/vessel) found and SGI at the study ports.

ObjectsStudy port
KuchingBintuluKota KinabaluSandakanKlang

Clear plastic bottles4251567255
Plastic food wrapper2622211918
Rubber (others)1622221519
Plastic fragments2312241816
Aluminum cans1310111610
Oil rags9131297
Colored plastic bottles659911
Cardboard cartons710896
Tin cans44465
Glass bottles34465

SGI (item/vessel)163168198194171