Tourism in the Mediterranean Sea has developed into a major industry, so much so that Mediterranean economies have grown dependent on it for local employment and as an income source. The annual massive tourist wave toward the Mediterranean in the summer period places a great burden on the infrastructure of Islands including that for waste management. Local authorities face an often insurmountable challenge in coping with the resulting multifold waste generation. Although a known and recurrent phenomenon, the seasonal variation of waste generation in sea-locked island economies has yet to be properly defined and its socioeconomic and environmental effects determined. Moreover the problem has yet to be addressed, exacerbating the difficulty facing Mediterranean islands in developing cyclical economy models.
Wasteserv is carrying out frequent sand sampling in three beaches, namely Golden Bay, Gnejna Bay and Balllut ta’ Marsaxlokk as part of this project. The results will be collated with those of the other partners to be used for:
This project is being implemented in partnership with the following European organisations:
This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and will be implemented over a period of three years.