The Govern has 5 boats to collect waste from the coast of Menorca
A total of 22 boats, five of them in Menorca, will be in charge of removing waste from the Balearic coasts from this Wednesday until the end of September, as announced in Menorca by the Minister of the Environment of the Balearic Islands Government, Miquel Mir.
Aister builds three vessels for waste and seaweed collection in the Balearic Islands
The ships that will rid the Mediterranean Sea of floating waste are being built in the Vigo estuary. The Aister shipyard began a fortnight ago the manufacture of three hybrid navigation vessels for the collection of waste in the port waters of the Balearic archipelago.
The Mancomunidad has fourteen boats at its disposal for cleaning the coastline this summer
José Antonio Mena, president of the Association of Municipalities of the Western Costa del Sol, accompanied by Ángeles Muñoz, mayoress of Marbella, today presented the coastal cleaning service, which began on 1 June and will continue until 15 September.
The last barrier against rubbish choking the sea
Plastic bags, wipes, condoms, bottles, ear buds, can rings... All this waste ends up in the sea every day. With the passage of so many bathers on the beaches of Malaga it is inevitable that this waste will end up in the water. The municipality has four coastal clean-up vessels. Three are small motor boats and the fourth is a larger boat, known as a 'pelican'.