Plastic Problems: Support for using plastics in port expansions
PLANS to use molten plastic slag from the waste centre to expand ports have received the backing of multiple government sectors. The Balearic Port Authority
EXCLUSIVE: Mallorca council, Tirme and Palma port face fines over burned plastic ‘pollution’
Balearic government issues ultimatum over molten rubbish washing up on beaches
Groundbreaking eco Lego style plastic house factory to open in Malaga
Lego-style houses are becoming a reality, thanks to savvy Ronda-based estate agent Thorwald Bodensiek who is building one of Europe’s first recycled plastic brick factories
Plastic cups and plates to be banned on Mallorca
The law has been a year in the making and contains 62 articles
Eight million tonnes of plastic ‘lost’ at sea each year
Most plastic dumped into the seas will never be recovered and may be hidden deep on the ocean floor
Rubbish endangers Mediterranean marine life
The deep blue dump?
Explosion spews out enormous plume of black smoke near Sevilla
The flames caused by the explosion have affected a nearby ship and railway line
Fishermen in Spain could be paid to catch plastic
Move is part of a groundbreaking EU initiative to tackle plastic pollution, as well as give fishermen an alternative source of income
AlmerÃa’s greenhouses: What goes on inside…
John Woodhead takes a look inside the plastic greenhouses that play a big part in the economy of AlmerÃa and AndalucÃa