RT journal article
T1 Beach cleaning costs
A1 Cruz, Cesia J.
A1 Muñoz Pérez, Juan José
A1 Carrasco-Braganza, María Isabel
A1 Poullet, Patricio
A1 López García, Patricia
A1 Contreras, Antonio
A1 Silva, Rodolfo
A2 Física Aplicada
K1 Manual beach cleaning
K1 Beach litter
K1 Clean coast index
K1 Tourism
K1 Cost parameters
AB Based on the data collection of manual beach cleaning, this article measures and compares the efficiency and productivity of workers from private and public companies in nine municipalities in the Gulf of Cadiz (southwest Spain) and from the Ministry of the Environment, from 2010 to 2012. Taking into account the characteristics of the beaches, using the Clean Coast Index (CCI) and calculated cleaning parameters, as well as introducing the scientific use of €/kg, gave results which can provide guidelines for management practices that improve efficiency in the collection of litter per worker. In Chipiona the lowest efficiency and production results were found, in the high and middle seasons. La Linea de la Concepción and Chiclana, using public contractors, were the most efficient. Private contractors showed 50% efficiency, with the exception of San Fernando in the high season. In the case of Ministry of Environment (MoE) contractors, these had the highest efficiency in all of the seasons, with the highest degree of cleanliness. Among the results, an average value of 27.6 kg of litter collected per hour was found, per person and an average value of € 1/kg for private and public contractors. The highest litter collection rate, with a “moderately clean” degree of cleanliness, was found for operators working for private contractors in San Fernando. The cleaning costs of some municipalities are much higher than the average. With the adjustment of certain parameters, the methodology presented in this article can be applied to beaches elsewhere.
PB Elsevier
SN 0964-5691
YR 2020
FD 2020-04-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38240
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38240
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 04-nov-2026