Seasonal evolution of beach waste and litter during the bathing season on the Catalan coast |
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| Authors: | Ariza Eduard Jiménez José A Sardá Rafael |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), 19013 Anavyssos, Greece;2. Centro EuroMediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Bologna, Italy;3. Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography, Department of Geology, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece;1. Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE), Athens, Greece;2. Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Chioggia, Italy;3. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Oceanography, Anavyssos, Greece;4. Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Energy in the Emilia-Romagna region (ARPAE), Cesenatico, Italy;5. Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF), Split, Croatia;6. Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IWRS), Ljubljana, Slovenia;7. Institute of Marine Biology (IBM), Kotor, Montenegro;8. Association Sunce, Split, Croatia;9. Agricultural University of Tirana (AUT), Tirana, Albania;10. Hydro-Engineering Institute of the Faculty of Civil Engineering (HEIS), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina;11. National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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