The night of San Juan generates almost 4 tons less garbage than last year

The night of San Juan, last Sunday, gathered in the 20 kilometers of beaches of Denia thousands of people to celebrate one of the most anticipated traditions of the year, with which, somehow, the summer begins.

After the celebration, the cleaning device began. From the 4: 30 in the early morning and up to the 14: 30 on Monday were collected 22 tons of embers, wood and sand (two tons more than in 2018) and 6.200 kg of garbage, which is 3.800 kg less than last year .

In total, 23 worked for the cleaning company. His work focused on the cleaning of the sand by mechanical sieving, the mechanical collection of fires and the manual collection of waste.

Special treatment on natural beaches

Since the Territorial Action Plan of the Green Infrastructure of the Litoral of the Valencian Region and the Beach Catalog of the Valencian Region (PATIVEL) come into force, the use of cleaning machinery is subject to the protection of natural beaches classified as protected. limitations.

Taking into account these considerations of the PATIVEL, in the protected natural beaches of Punta del Raset, Les Marines (from Albaranas to the Bassetes park) and Molins, which registered the greatest influx of people during the Night of San Juan and, therefore, accumulated a greater dirt, it became necessary to mechanically screen the surface. Therefore, the council established that the screening machinery and trucks would only act in the first 10 meters inland from the shore to avoid damaging the dunes and the fauna that inhabits these spaces.