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Benidorm Prepares For Summer Tourist Influx By Boosting Street Cleaning And Rubbish Collections On Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists left up to 540 TONNES of rubbish on the beaches of Spain’s Benidorm last year, figures show

THE City of Benidorm collected a whopping 544,500 kilograms of waste from its beaches in 2023, according to a press statement released January 11. The

13 Jan, 2024 @ 12:20

Barcelona·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

As residents complain of filthy state of central Madrid, rats are spotted just 50 metres from the Puerta del Sol

RESIDENTS IN THE centre of Madrid have long complained about the council’s failure to clean up the rubbish, and pictures of overflowing containers and recycling

16 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Brit who ‘falsified prescriptions for anti-psychotic medication’ is arrested in Spain’s Murcia following dramatic police car chase

Police rescue toddler found living among rubbish with squatter mum in Spain’s Malaga

A 13-month-old baby has been rescued by the police in Malaga after being found living in extreme squalor. The young child was found living in

7 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Mess Dirt Waste Garbage Garbage Bag Dump

Gibraltar and Spain finally reach agreement to move mounds of rubbish to Andalucian landfill

THERE is relief on the rock after an agreement was struck to move mounds of rubbish that have piled up due to a stalling in

9 Mar, 2022 @ 10:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Divers remove trash dumped in waters off the smallest populated island in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Divers remove rubbish dumped in Costa Blanca waters off a popular day-trip island in Spain

MEMBERS of Alicante Province diving clubs joined forces on Sunday(October 17) to clear up rubbish from the marine reserve of Tabarca island. Hundreds of volunteers

20 Oct, 2021 @ 12:25

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Police drones now used to catch fly-tippers as 50 people fined in a month for dumping waste vegetation in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA Local Police are using drone technology to maintain the control of people dumping pruned vegetation and other detritus throughout the municipality. The waste

27 Jul, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Young unvaccinated residents in Costa Blanca area of Spain fail to follow COVID-19 safety rules

Young unvaccinated people on Spain’s Costa Blanca still breaking COVID-19 safety rules with outdoor drinks parties

POLICE were busy across the northern Costa Blanca at the weekend as they dealt with illegal outdoor drinks parties and COVID rule-breaking involving young residents.

26 Jul, 2021 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police investigate over 500 crimes of fly-tipping in “impossible” problem on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA is suffering from an ongoing problem of rubbish-dumping throughout the municipality’s streets. In the year and eight months since the storms and flooding of

31 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Residents fume over rubbish piling up in tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA residents have slammed the local council for letting rubbish pile up high on some of their streets. The area always gets a big

15 Aug, 2020 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Bin men strike TO END in Spain’s Mijas and Alhaurin as deal struck between mayors and workers

It comes after strikes by Urbaser workers entered a fifth day yesterday, while 270 tonnes of rubbish has built up on the streets of Mijas

1 Jul, 2019 @ 15:07

Lead·Malaga

Whale killed by ingesting rubbish found off Spanish coast

MAN-made rubbish – including a drum – has caused the death of a whale found off a Spanish coast. The young sperm whale, discovered near

10 Apr, 2018 @ 10:14

Environment·Lead

Human waste photographed at natural park in Malaga

PHOTOS of human feces and fast food wrappers strewn across a protected natural park have been exclusively obtained by the Olive Press. The images, taken at Sierra de

21 Dec, 2017 @ 13:20

Environment·Lead·Nature