In a busy spot, next to the Royal Beach beach bar and in the middle of the Senda Litoral. This is where the second 'plastic-eating' sculpture in the municipality was unveiled today.  It is a fish-shaped structure with a mission: to hold bottles and other plastic waste, in its interior, so that they can not reach the sea. The first sculpture of this type, designed to collect bottle tops, was placed in June last year on the La Cala promenade. "We are inaugurating this sculpture today to make everyone who passes by aware of the importance of using the three 'R's: reduce, reuse and recycle. It is important that we do our bit, every day, so these plastics reach the points where they should be deposited and prevent them from falling into the seas and oceans causing a pollution problem," said the Environmental Councillor, Arancha López (Cs).

The structure was donated by Rotary International Club in collaboration with MiMoana and the Mijas Town Hall. "We all have the same goal, the same idea, which is to reduce pollution. Every month, we do a plastic collection on the beaches, and we collect between 300 and 500 kilos, which is crazy. We need more fish, but this is a good start," said Nikki Wegloop, co-founder of MiMoana.

 

The inauguration of this fish was attended by students from IES Villa de Mijas, who also collected plastic waste on the Royal Beach. The event was also attended by the Beaches' Councillor, José Carlos Martín (Cs), who said that "keeping our ecosystem in perfect condition is a sum of everything, both maintenance and conservation as well as a responsibility on the users part. In the end, nature is part of people, and if we are not capable of conserving it, it is difficult for us to leave future generations' beaches in perfect condition".

The Environment Department has highlighted the increase in recycling figures over the past year. "We are going to continue working in this awareness line to reach all citizens, and make them aware that we all can collaborate to have healthy seas and oceans and a healthy planet, which ultimately translates into everyone's health," said López. "This sculpture is made to symbolise what the fish are eating and help with recycling. Plastic should not reach the sea. We should use them less and less but, if we use them, they should go to a recycling point before reaching the sea, as removing them from the seas is much more costly and dangerous", said the Rotary member and the PP of Mijas, Mario Bravo.

 

The Councillor for the Environment has announced that, if the initiative works, it does not rule out the possibility of placing more sculptures of this type in other parts of the municipality.

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