US EditionOne of Lima's top beaches to close Sunday over pollution
Nearly 20 tons of waste are collected weekly at Agua Dulce, prompting a one-day closure to restore the beach and raise visitor awareness about pollution.
- Agua Dulce beach will be closed on Sunday for a day to let municipal crews clean the sandy coastline, officials said.
- City officials say nearly 20 tons of weekly trash from summer crowds strain Agua Dulce, which hosts up to 70,000 visitors on weekends, officials report.
- A municipal cleaning crew this week unearthed half of a roasted pig, and officials said `This has been going on for years`.
- Officials said they do not want the closure to become permanent, urging better visitor behaviour as Lima, Peru, is home to more than 10 million people.
- The one-day closure is being used as a public-awareness step by municipal authorities, who said the best message they could send to visitors was to close the beach.
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Peru’s popular Agua Dulce beach to close for a day as heaps of trash overwhelm coastline
LIMA, Feb 14 — One of the most popular beaches in Peru’s capital Lima will close for one day tomorrow, in a rare move by authorities who say that heaps of garbage left each weekend has made the cherished spot unusable.Agua Dulce, which stretches for about a kilometer (0.6 miles), hosts up to 70,000 visitors every weekend during the summer season from December to March.“This measure is a way to make vacationers aware of the pollution they are gen…
One of the most popular and iconic beaches in the Peruvian capital, Lima, will be closed tomorrow. Authorities say this exceptional measure is necessary because tens of thousands of beachgoers leave behind enormous amounts of trash every weekend.
The Peruvian authorities will close this Sunday, in the summer season, one of the most emblematic and crowded beaches in Lima due to the pollution caused by the large amount of garbage left by thousands of bathers each weekend, the municipality of Chorrillos reported this Friday.
A few hours after the closure of Agua de Dulce, the Municipality of Barranco announced that it would take a series of measures to control access to its beaches during this Sunday, February 15.
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