Last week the ADAPT metal detecting club was involved in an official Beach and sea clean-up at Los Naufragos beach in Torrevieja.
The “Asociation Hippocampus” had been granted permission to clean up the local beach and sea of offending polluting items lurking in the sand and sea with the ADAPT metal detecting club tasked to scour the beach and shallow surf looking for any invisible metals using their specialist metal detectors beneath the sand and shallow surf.
The specimens were collected in a special container where they will now be documented and weighed.
The Hippocampus group also had specialist scuba divers going into the sea looking for the similar items but on a larger scale.
This exercise not only helped make people aware of the amount of waste that is thrown away but also the damage it causes to natural wildlife and the environment we live in.
Many people do not dispose of their beach waste in the appropriate waste bins, simply leaving the waste for the council to pick up once a day.
This official beach clean-up is ongoing along the coast and the ADAPT metal detecting club which have been going for 14 years are very proud to be part of this project and others.
The Torrevieja clean resulted in 424 pieces of rubbish gathered, weighing 631.5 kilos.
Thank you to all the volunteers, including the GISED colleagues from Elche and the ADAPT colleagues, who have made a great effort to help with the project.
In Partnership the San Pedro de Pinatar museum, the ADAPT metal detecting club promotes the hobby for responsible metal detecting on the sand and in the sea In Partnership with San Pedro Del Pinatar Museum. It also sponsors the ADAPT Theatre Group giving financial help to worthwhile causes.
Roderick Toms
