You must have seen a lot of damaged beaches, in you position cleaning up all these places - What have been your worst experience so far?
The worst is oil which is very difficult to remove, some beaches in remote or poor areas which have never been cleaned before are sometimes impossible to clean by hand power... it’s simply too big a job, you need special machines and a lot of money. Sadly we are talking about a lot of beaches - It is too many to name it, it never stops...
Here on the islands you can clean up everything and one month later it’s full again, not from people littering on beaches but by the current of the ocean...often I´m wondering where it all comes from again and the an swer is, well, from us people.
How many countries are you established in right now?
Right now we are doing clean ups and events where ever we can, on the mainland in Spain and in the Canary Islands which is our home, but we have also been to Morocco and across the Atlantic to Brazil, where we have had success with our beach cleaning events.
You inspire a lot of people for sure, but if someone wishes to establish a Clean Ocean project in their own country, do you have any good advise you want to share?
We have a lot demands from interested people so this year we have added CLEAN YOUR BELOVED BEACH on our webpages where we explain how easy it is to organize your own beach cleaning on your favorite beach, and if someone want’s to do something more, they are always welcome to contact us through our website.