Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Collection-and-Audit-of-Plastics-in-Guardamar-del-Segura--Alicante--27MZIFJ85VY5U.htmlConceptually similarCollection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)GP0STTZRYCompleted★★★★Collection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)GP0STTZRZCompleted★★★★★★Collection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)GP0STTZS1Completed★★★★Collection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)GP0STTZS2Completed★★★★★★Collection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)GP0STTZS3Completed★★★★Access Blockade Action at Valdemingómez Landfill in MadridGP0STTZS6Completed★★★★Access Blockade Action at Valdemingómez Landfill in MadridGP0STTZS9Completed★★★★Access Blockade Action at Valdemingómez Landfill in MadridGP0STTZSFCompleted★★★★★★★Access Blockade Action at Valdemingómez Landfill in MadridGP0STTZSKCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STTZS0Collection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)Within the framework of the Maldito Plástico campaign, Greenpeace organizes sensitization workshops and an audit of plastics on the beach of Guardamar del Segura, to denounce the impact of the plastic avalanche on seas and oceans.In original language:Recogida y auditoría de plásticos en Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)Greenpeace se mete en el río Segura para denunciar su estado lamentable.Unas 500 personas voluntarias han recogido, en apenas unas horas, 18.000 litros de basura (unos 18 metros cúbicos).Las empresas productoras de envases plásticos no están gestionando, como deben por ley, el impacto de su producción, e incluso realizan lobby frente a las administraciones para retrasar la puesta en marcha de alternativas.A pesar de que la Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura limpiara la desembocadura del río esta misma semana, intentando adelantarse a la “visita” hoy de Greenpeace a Guardamar del Segura, los envases plásticos ya han vuelto a acumularse en la zona, ante la indignación de los vecinos. Cientos de ellos, provistos de guantes y bolsas, han respondido a la convocatoria de la organización ecologista para recoger la enorme cantidad de plásticos del área y, sobre todo, señalar a las principales marcas responsables de esta contaminación.En el marco de la campaña MALDITO PLÁSTICO, Greenpeace organiza talleres de sensibilización y una auditoría de plásticos en la playa de Guardamar del Segura, para denunciar el impacto de la avalancha plástica en mares y océanos.Locations:Europe-Guardamar del Segura-Province of Alicante-SpainDate:16 Mar, 2019Credit:© Pedro Armestre / GreenpeaceMaximum size:6000px X 4000pxKeywords:Break Free from Plastics (campaign title)-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Plastics-Pollution-River pollution-Rivers-RubbishShoot:Collection and Audit of Plastics in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante)Greenpeace gets into the Segura River to denounce its unfortunate state.About 500 volunteers have collected, in just a few hours, 18,000 liters of garbage (about 18 cubic meters).The companies that produce plastic containers are not managing, as they should by law, the impact of their production, and even lobby the administrations to delay the implementation of alternatives.Although the Segura Hydrographic Confederation cleared the mouth of the river this week, trying to anticipate the “visit” of Greenpeace today to Guardamar del Segura, plastic containers have already accumulated in the area, before the outrage of the neighbors. Hundreds of them, equipped with gloves and bags, have responded to the call of the environmental organization to collect the huge amount of plastics in the area and, above all, point to the main brands responsible for this pollution.Within the framework of the Maldito Plástico campaign, Greenpeace organizes workshops and an audit of plastics on the beach of Guardamar del Segura, to denounce the impact of the plastic avalanche on seas and oceans.
