Airport beach cleanup

VOLUNTEERS from the Nautilus Project collected 80 kg of rubbish during a clean-up of the beach on the eastern end of Gibraltar’s runway. The Ministry of Defence invited the NGO so that it could carry out an environmental analysis and clean-up on the normally off-limits stretch of coastline.

Marine biologist Lewis Stagnetto of the Nautilus Project organised the trip for children on the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. The Nautilus Project was also a key part of the beach cleanup after the oil spill caused by the break-up of the OS 35 bulk carrier off Catalan Bay last September.