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Seasonal evolution of beach waste and litter during the bathing season on the Catalan coast
10 páginas, 1 tabla, 7 figuras. ; Beach waste and litter composition and evolution on popular urban (located in the main nucleus of the municipality) and urbanized (located in residential areas outside the main nucleus) beaches of the Costa Brava (Catalan coast) were assessed during the bathing season. Waste and litter production (amount and composition) were affected by urbanization and varied during the summer. Urban beaches had higher densities of waste deposition and lower percentages of organic, domestic and other miscellaneous waste than urbanized beaches. Litter characteristics were also influenced by type of beach, and varied during the season as a consequence of beach use and cleaning practices, but not environmental factors. Urbanized beaches obtained higher scores for aesthetic quality of sand than urban beaches, and small-sized litter tended to accumulate during the season in the beach of Lloret Centre. The most important problems are management of recyclable materials, litter left by users on the sand, and separation of sand from litter. In addition, current efficiency of mechanical cleaning is low, especially in the withdrawal of cigarette butts. These analyses highlight problems that should be addressed in future management of area beaches. ; This work was carried out within the framework of the MeVaPlaya project, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under contract REN2003-09029-C03-MAR. The second author would like to thank the Government of Catalonia (DURSI) for its support through the University Research Promotion Award for Young Researchers. The authors greatly appreciate the additional funding provided by the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca within the framework of the ACOM Project. ; Peer reviewed
Seasonal evolution of beach waste and litter during the bathing season on the Catalan coast
10 páginas, 1 tabla, 7 figuras. ; Beach waste and litter composition and evolution on popular urban (located in the main nucleus of the municipality) and urbanized (located in residential areas outside the main nucleus) beaches of the Costa Brava (Catalan coast) were assessed during the bathing season. Waste and litter production (amount and composition) were affected by urbanization and varied during the summer. Urban beaches had higher densities of waste deposition and lower percentages of organic, domestic and other miscellaneous waste than urbanized beaches. Litter characteristics were also influenced by type of beach, and varied during the season as a consequence of beach use and cleaning practices, but not environmental factors. Urbanized beaches obtained higher scores for aesthetic quality of sand than urban beaches, and small-sized litter tended to accumulate during the season in the beach of Lloret Centre. The most important problems are management of recyclable materials, litter left by users on the sand, and separation of sand from litter. In addition, current efficiency of mechanical cleaning is low, especially in the withdrawal of cigarette butts. These analyses highlight problems that should be addressed in future management of area beaches. ; This work was carried out within the framework of the MeVaPlaya project, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under contract REN2003-09029-C03-MAR. The second author would like to thank the Government of Catalonia (DURSI) for its support through the University Research Promotion Award for Young Researchers. The authors greatly appreciate the additional funding provided by the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca within the framework of the ACOM Project. ; Peer reviewed
Seasonal evolution of beach waste and litter during the bathing season on the Catalan coast
Ariza, E. (author) / Jiménez, José A. (author) / Sardá, Rafael (author)
2008-01-01
1879-2456
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
710
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