Sixteen beaches in Ibiza have been awarded the blue flag, five more than last year. The beaches bestowed the illustrious award are - In San Jose; Cala Conta, Cala Bassa, Cala Tarida, Cala D´Hort and ses Salinas. In San Antonio; Cala Gracio, Cala Salada and es Pouet. Four in San Joan; Cala San Vicente, Port of San Miguel, Arenal and Portinax and finally four in Santa Eulalia; Cala Llenya, Cala Llonga, Santa Eulalia and es Canar.

The improvement work due to take place on Talamanca Beach will be completed within the next six weeks. The work includes plans for new showers, adapted toilets and a kiosk for first-aid care. The work will cost just under 150,000 euros.

Ibiza has gone from having 51 professional Life Guards in 2005 to 104 in 2006.
In the last 5 years the security measures on the beach have increased drastically since the new beach law was applied in 2006. (Show me more…)

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The government department in charge of the coastline has finally granted permission for the kiosks on the beach in Formentera to install toilets and washrooms. Up until this point, none of the 14 kiosks on the coast had any facilities of this kind installed. It is hoped the installations will be ready for this summer.

Eivissa town hall is to spend 223,000€ in 2007 in installing more life guard lookout towers to make the main beaches of Talamanca and Figueretes safer.
They are also financing improvements to the beach cleaning systems so that the sea eel grass can be left by the shore line protecting the beach and helping it consolidate and grow in size whilst the interior part of the beach will be more thoroughly cleaned.

Beaches around Ibiza and Formentera will continue to be monitored and cleaned throughout the winter at a cost of 170.000€. The Balearic Government Environmental ministry agreed to fund the operation.

Given the large numbers of visitors to Ibiza, the beaches here are surprisingly clean. Much time and effort goes into maintaining them, but the standard would be much higher if the crap wasn’t left there in the first place.
In the same way that somebody else’s mess is infinitely more annoying that your own, think what it must be like for the other creatures we share this fragile ecosystem with. The stress can quite literally kill them.
So how about taking your bottles, coke cans, plastic bags and other garbage with you. Don’t throw your cigarette butts on the sand or in the water, keep hold of it until you find a bin. If everybody takes all their own rubbish and one piece of someone else’s, the envinroment will be pristine.
Ibiza isn’t about fines for littering, it’s about tolerance and respect for others. Not even the harshest of penalties can determine human behaviour. Social controls are much more effective. So stop being a messy bugger, alright?

The EU blue flags, awarded to beaches throughout Europe reaching high standards in quality, cleanliness and services, were presented last week to representatives of Cala Llonga beach, Cala Llenya beach and the main beach of Santa Eulària.
Whilst the representatives of the beaches in Santa Eulària were receiving their blue flags, the Mayor of Sant Josep was also handing over 4 EU blue flags, which had been given to the beaches of Cala Comte, Cala Bassa, Cala Vadella and Cala D’Hort in his borough, in recognition of their excellent quality and condition for tourists to enjoy.

The Madrid Central Government has spent 600.000€ on maintaining and conserving the coastal areas around the Pitiuses in the last year. Mostly the work has been centred on cleaning the coastal area, removing all types of debris and rubbish, installing waste receptacles, creating better accesses by improving natural pathways andf making ramps as well as improving sanitation installations and adding sand to certain areas of specific beaches. Included in the project have been the safety barrier and other measures taken at the Punta Sa Galera cliffs as well as work to preserve the dune system in Ses Salinas, Playa de Bossa, Cala Comte and Cala Vadella. In Formentera money has been spent on improving the wooden walkways and fencing, which provides the access to lots of the beaches.