Plastic Fishermen]
The aquiline schoolchildren became the protagonists of the Escalpito campaign this morning.
Fishermen of plastics, an initiative launched by the Department of Environment, Consumption and Trade, in collaboration with ACIA, Hoste Águilas, Food Market, Águilas Plaza Shopping Center, Club Náutico de Águilas and Ambiente Europeo.
The objective of this campaign is to reduce the consumption of plastic single-use involving all sectors of the municipality.
To achieve this, different actions will be developed, all around Escalpito, the mascot that gives its name to the project.
Among these actions, this morning began the one addressed to educational centers, in which the councilors of Environment and Commerce, Isabel María Torrente and Encarna Navarro, respectively, participated.
Throughout the morning the aquiline school children participated in a day of beach cleaning in order to collect data related to marine litter;
an information that will later be analyzed in the centers themselves, then proceeding to the publication of the results.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas