Orihuela Awards Beach-Cleaning Contract After Summer of Posidonia Complaints
The €80,520 service has been approved near the end of the permitted removal season as the council launches a public awareness programme highlighting the plant’s environmental importance Orihuela City Council has finally awarded its contract for the collection, removal and transportation of Posidonia oceanica remains from the municipality’s beaches following a summer marked by repeated […] The…
Orihuela City Council has awarded a €80,520 contract for the collection, removal and transportation of Posidonia oceanica remains from the municipality's beaches following a summer of resident complaints. The one-year contract was awarded nearly three months after the tendering process began, meaning the service was not operational for much of the peak summer season.
The remaining winter period, when deposits of Posidonia are normally left on the beaches for natural erosion protection, will also see limited service due to a constrained removal window between Easter and mid-October. Posidonia oceanica, often mistaken for seaweed or rubbish, is a protected Mediterranean seagrass with significant environmental importance.
Its remains, while critical in beach and coastal dune stabilization, are not easily removed without proper regional government permission. The council has launched a public awareness programme to educate residents on Posidonia's role in beach and marine ecosystem protection, featuring talks, workshops and a collective artwork creation event.
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