Dozens of communities are already affected by this microplastic discharge, which pollutes the sandy beaches of Galicia's estuaries Vigo, Pontevedra, Arousa, Muros and Noia and also the beaches in the area of A Coruña and Ferrol.
In view of this situation, on January 5, the Xunta activated the territorial plan for emergencies due to accidental marine pollution in Galicia (Camgal plan) at Level 1 and the Coast Guard is monitoring the entire coastline, both at sea and on land, with the aim of quickly detecting the presence of these materials so that they can be collected as quickly as possible.
The Second Vice President and Minister of Environment, Territory and Housing, Ángeles Vázquez, and the Minister of the Sea, Alfonso Villares, met this Sunday with the Galician Coast Guard, environmental technicians and Intecmar personnel to carry out the Supervision of beach cleaning where plastic pellets have arrived, and they have asked for “calmness” to analyze the situation, in addition to demanding more information from the central government.
Pellets that appeared all over the Atlantic coast of Galicia/ EFE/Salvador Sas
Assess the disaster
Exactly this morning, the Third Vice President and Minister for the Ecological Transition of the Central Government, Teresa Riberacalled the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Ruedato offer you help and support in the face of this environmental disaster.
In this call, Rueda demanded from Ribera current and truthful information about the situation of the oil spill, the causes, the extent and the contents of the containers.
The Minister of the Sea has indicated that the State Executive has offered to cooperate “by making available new resources with the aim of continuing the cleaning and removal of these materials”.
On the other hand, there are some resources that will serve to reinforce the resources already deployed by the Xunta Environmental agentsTragsa brigades and teams from the affected communities.
According to Villares, the work will be intensified in the coming days. Currently, samples of the collected materials have already been taken and sent for analysis in order to know their composition in detail.
