Abstract
Artificial beaches are normally used year-round, making the maintenance of such beaches very important.“Inagenohama” in Chiba prefecture was the first artificial beach built in Japan, and a variety of maintenance problems have developed there; beach garbage in particular is one of the most important problems. This paper investigates the characteristics of beach garbage by stochastic analysis and a questionnaire survey. As a result, the sources of the garbage are identified and user consciousness is analyzed.
