Margarita Serra, a Playa de Palma resident, says that the amount of rubbish on the promenade each morning is "a disaster"; it is principally bottles and fast-food containers. "When we go for a walk at eight in the morning, it extends from Balneario 1 to Balneario 9."
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Clean-up operation in Playa de Palma - every morning
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NedYes, well, the term "Playa de Palma" is always used too generally in these contexts. For those that actually can point it put on a map, most are aware that it's a big place, about 5km long. The "problematic" part, which no doubt this, article refers to, is the Magaluf-esque German party zone (though much smaller in size) at the far eastern end of the beach, near Arenal. It encompasses about 200m of beachfront. The rest of playa de Palma is rather middle class family oriented, a mix of nationalities, and quite benign.
Stan The ManI am sure more bins could be useful but I have the feeling the problem is more at the other end with the drunken people being unable to use those bins.
Could more bins and Skips be useful as well as educating Tourists as to clean up their litter. The Residents of Mallorca are a bad example of just dropping litter wherever they are. Getting PRIDE in their Island to keep it clean and beautiful must now be a PRIORITY. Mallorca can not continue to be RUBBISHED in this manner without major repercussions.