- Region
- Águilas
- Alhama de Murcia
- Jumilla
- Lorca
- Los Alcázares
- Mazarrón
- San Javier
-
ALL AREAS & TOWNS
- AREAS
- SOUTH WEST
- MAR MENOR
- MURCIA CITY & CENTRAL
- NORTH & NORTH WEST
- TOWNS
- Abanilla
- Abarán
- Aguilas
- Alamillo
- Alcantarilla
- Aledo
- Alhama de Murcia
- Archena
- Balsicas
- Blanca
- Bolnuevo
- Bullas
- Cañadas del Romero
- Cabo de Palos
- Calasparra
- Camping Bolnuevo
- Campo De Ricote
- Camposol
- Canada De La Lena
- Caravaca de la Cruz
- Cartagena
- Cehegin
- Ceuti
- Cieza
- Condado de Alhama
- Corvera
- Costa Cálida
- Cuevas De Almanzora
- Cuevas de Reyllo
- El Carmoli
- El Mojon
- El Molino (Puerto Lumbreras)
- El Pareton / Cantareros
- El Raso
- El Valle Golf Resort
- Fortuna
- Fuente Alamo
- Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort
- Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort
- Isla Plana
- Islas Menores & Mar de Cristal
- Jumilla
- La Azohia
- La Charca
- La Manga Club
- La Manga del Mar Menor
- La Pinilla
- La Puebla
- La Torre
- La Torre Golf Resort
- La Unión
- Las Palas
- Las Ramblas
- Las Ramblas Golf
- Las Torres de Cotillas
- Leiva
- Librilla
- Lo Pagan
- Lo Santiago
- Lorca
- Lorquí
- Los Alcázares
- Los Balcones
- Los Belones
- Los Canovas
- Los Nietos
- Los Perez (Tallante)
- Los Urrutias
- Los Ventorrillos
- Mar De Cristal
- Mar Menor
- Mar Menor Golf Resort
- Mazarrón
- Mazarrón Country Club
- Molina de Segura
- Moratalla
- Mula
- Murcia City
- Murcia Property
- Pareton
- Peraleja Golf Resort
- Perin
- Pilar de la Horadada
- Pinar de Campoverde
- Pinoso
- Playa Honda
- Playa Honda / Playa Paraíso
- Pliego
- Portmán
- Pozo Estrecho
- Puerto de Mazarrón
- Puerto Lumbreras
- Puntas De Calnegre
- Region of Murcia
- Ricote
- Roda Golf Resort
- Roldan
- Roldan and Lo Ferro
- San Javier
- San Pedro del Pinatar
- Santiago de la Ribera
- Sierra Espuña
- Sucina
- Tallante
- Terrazas de la Torre Golf Resort
- Torre Pacheco
- Totana
- What's On Weekly Bulletin
- Yecla
- EDITIONS: Spanish News Today Alicante Today Andalucia Today
article_detail
Date Published: 18/06/2024
Special Police force to tackle Orihuela Costa illegal rubbish dumping
Officers will keep an especially close eye on bins in busy urbanisations along the southern Alicante coast
Because of a woefully inadequate rubbish collection service along the busy Orihuela Costa, frustrated residents are greeted each day by smelly piles of trash and stacks of household waste dumped beside the overflowing bins.
Added to this is the fact that garden cuttings and building debris are thrown out daily by people who either don’t know the rules, or simply don’t care.
To tackle the issue head-on, a meeting was held last week between the local government, police force, councillors and locals, who decided to set up an environmental patrol staffed with eight officers. This task force will be responsible for monitoring around 40 areas on the Orihuela Costa, most of which are located in inland urbanisations and are routinely subjected to illegal dumping of household and building rubbish.
The fly tipping situation has become such a problem along the coast that last month, the Neighbourhood Association of Cabo Roig and Lomas (AVCRL) threatened to take legal action against local mayor Pepe Vegara “if within a few weeks, before the summer season, the [rubbish collection] service is not being provided normally”.
The new patrol team will be led by an inspector and will operate during both morning and afternoon shifts. They can be reached directly through a dedicated phone number: 0034 672 210 904. Alternatively, residents can also contact the general number for the Local Police at 0034 965 300 204 to report any illegal fly tipping.
The council has assured that anyone lodging a complaint can do so anonymously.
While the initial focus is on addressing the dumping of pruning waste and debris from building sites, the patrol will also coordinate with other municipal departments, including Street Cleaning, MSW, Environment and Infrastructure with the aim of streamlining the cleaning service and promote the establishment of designated clean points.
The Neighbourhood Association of Cabo Roig and Lomas has welcomed this new service, which they had formally requested back in August. However, they also point out that a fixed ecopark, which was promised last year, would have further deterred these types of infractions.
In other news: Two furry recruits join the Spanish turtle watch brigade
Image: AVCRL
Loading
Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox
Special offer: Subscribe now for 25% off (36.95 euros for 48 Bulletins)
OR
you can sign up to our FREE weekly roundup!
Read some of our recent bulletins:
25% Discount Special Offer subscription:
36.95€ for 48 Editor’s Weekly News Roundup bulletins!
Please CLICK THE BUTTON to subscribe.
(List price 3 months 12 Bulletins)
Read more stories from around Spain:
Contact Murcia Today: Editorial 000 000 000 /
Office 000 000 000