Friday, August 31, 2007
Coastal Rubbish Disgrace in Tenerife
The campaign "La mar de limpia" (literally: cleaning the sea) arrives on the coast of Los Realejos this Saturday, the object of which is to clean "urban solid waste" from various points on the coast of the island and to raise awareness with both the local population and tourists of the importance of protecting and conserving marine biodiversity. Obviously, this is much needed.
If it was bad enough that one ton of junk was removed from the seabed in Santiago del Teide and Buenavista del Norte on August 18th, it is even more shocking to read that close to five tons of trash was recovered by the 120 volunteers in El Médano, Granadilla de Abona last weekend.
Judging from the contents in these photos of rubbish from the sea, exhibited in Los Cristianos, with oil drums, tin cans and a whole range of household items and bathroom fittings, it is hardly tourists who can be to blame.
If it was bad enough that one ton of junk was removed from the seabed in Santiago del Teide and Buenavista del Norte on August 18th, it is even more shocking to read that close to five tons of trash was recovered by the 120 volunteers in El Médano, Granadilla de Abona last weekend.
Judging from the contents in these photos of rubbish from the sea, exhibited in Los Cristianos, with oil drums, tin cans and a whole range of household items and bathroom fittings, it is hardly tourists who can be to blame.
