Etiqueta 'Contamination'
Beaches are often closed due to contamination.

News

Former Emaya management could face five-year sentences

The toughest sanction is five years if natural systems are deemed to have been seriously harmed and if there was a risk of serious harm to public health.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter29/08/2019 10:20

Red flags because of spills were all too familiar last summer.

Environment

Work starting in March to stop Palma beach spills

The work should stop the spills, but a new treatment plant is still needed.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter31/01/2019 17:44

Every year the sea is contaminated with 8 million tonnes of plastics, a square mountain more than 450 metres high.

Every year the sea is contaminated with 8 million tonnes of plastics, a square mountain more than 450 metres high.

Every year the sea is contaminated with 8 million tonnes of plastics, a square mountain more than 450 metres high.

R.E. 05/06/2018

Cruise ships in Palma.

Environment

High levels of cruise ship pollution in Palma

The German environmentalists claim that cruise ships are using poor quality and cheap fuel.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/08/2017 00:00

Mayor Fornés of Muro emphasises the need for the new sewage treatment plant.

Environment

Albufera sewage spill "unprecedented"

Some four hectares of land "of great value" in Albufera and on the neighbouring Son Bosc finca were affected by a burst in the sewage piping.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter17/08/2016 00:00