The Government of Yucatán together with the Secretariat of Sustainable Development closed the Beach Cleaning 2025 which consisted of sanitation days in nine municipalities.
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They participated in the activity 90 volunteersas well as community groups. tourism service providers and local organizations who They removed 33,707 kilograms of waste of the state’s coastal ecosystems.
More than seven thousand Mexicans to the rescue
The head of the State Department of Comprehensive Waste Management of the Secretariat of Sustainable Development, Francisco Javier Alfaro Espinosareported that at the end of 2025 they participated in this ecological strategy seven thousand 768 volunteers“which reflects the scope of the actions carried out throughout the year.”
He indicated that they were carried out 44 days cleaning to the same number of points on the Yucatecan coast.
He reported that the last collection took place in the port of Celestúnin which they participated Let’s clean Yucatán AC, Ecoce AC, Keiser Compressors and the Celestún Town Hallwhich allowed us to consolidate the results obtained during the year in terms of coastal sanitation.
The Beach and Mangrove Sanitation program concluded its activities with a total of 7,763 volunteers. GOVERNMENT OF YUCATAN
“In Celestún 90 volunteers took part, as well as community groups, tourism service providers and local organizations, whose participation was essential for the cleanup of the coast.
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He pointed out that in Celestún were collected 513.3 kilograms of wasteof which 324.9 kilograms correspond to general garbage185.7 kilograms glass and 2.7 kilograms to containers of PET.
What’s next?
Representatives of the City Council and the participating groups highlighted the response of the community of Celestún and they pointed out the importance of incorporating more young people, women, families and tourism service providers in this type of activities, in order to expand the coverage and social impact of the days.
The SDS reported that the dates of the cleaning days of the 2026 program They will be announced soon through their official social networks.
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