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Acting counselor, Adela Martínez-Cachá, participated in the clean-up day and stressed that it is "another of the actions undertaken to help conserve and protect our coastline"

70 volunteers have collected about 100 kilograms of garbage on the beach of Casica Verde in Aguilas, in an action organized by the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment, with the collaboration of Aguilas Town Hall, the associations Ocean Conservancy and International Coastal Cleanup Spain, and the European Higher Education Institute.

Acting counselor, Adela Martínez-Cachá, recently participated in the cleaning day and stressed that it is "another of the actions undertaken to help conserve and protect our coastline." In this sense she added that "the Ministry also counts on the collaboration Of the Murcian Federation of Fishermen's Guilds for the cleaning of seabed and the fishermen themselves are in charge of collecting the waste and then depositing them in the containers located in the different port areas of the Region.

The objectives of this activity on the beach of the Casica Verde have been to promote environmental volunteering, contribute to the development of a social movement that advocates for waste-free seas, and reduce the amount of waste that reaches the marine environment and its impact, among others.

Participants took note of each item collected using a methodology developed by the international organization Ocean Conservancy, which allows to determine, in addition to the type of waste collected, its composition material (plastic, glass, aluminum ...) and possible sources of origin Themselves.

This information is a useful tool to identify the activities that produce the accumulation of waste in each locality.

The data obtained during the various campaigns have served as a basis for developing legal norms, improving packaging and technologies to make them less polluting, as well as raising social awareness about the need to recycle and not throw waste into water.

Among the items collected are mainly plastic pieces (33 percent), cigarette butts (22 percent), beverage cans (8 percent), plastic bottles (7 percent), and food wrappers (4 percent ), among others.

Source: CARM