By Natascha Rivera
The Santa Pola Town Hall is continuing with its projects to make the area more eco-friendly, facilitate the cleaning of the town’s urban and coastal parts, and overall improve the sanitary infrastructure. The project, which was launched last year, has already contributed to the replacement of old trash bins for the whole of Santa Pola, the acquisition of new machinery to clean the beaches, and other elements of sanitation.
As a continuation of the projects, in the Aspe de Playa Lisa, the Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente plaza, and on Albacete avenue next to the health centre and the Gran Alacant mall, mini “eco-parks” have been placed, where citizens can properly recycle waste that should otherwise not be thrown away, such as light bulbs, batteries, CDs, DVDs, and other electronic devices. Shortly, another one will also be put in place on Portus Ilicitanus avenue next to the Tourism Office.
Along with new bins, the town will also offer bins adapted for people with reduced mobility or disabled people, which have a manual handle rather than a foot pedal. The town will also implement a service that businesses can call to collect their carton and paper waste, preventing them from having to throw them away in the bins, which fill up quickly.
This is all part of a universal effort along the Costa Blanca South to keep the towns clean in light of the spiking tourism in the coastal towns during peak season.