IN NUMBERS Human resources A maximum of 80 workers employed during peak season. Working system Specialized machinery is used to move smoothly on the sandbanks and complete the task as quickly as possible: Not only trash… The removal of stranded marine animals is also common, some 9 per month throughout the service as a whole. In some cases waste is collected together with the street cleaning system and it is not possible to quantify the amount. But a rough estimate can be made by projecting data from other sites: In Carballo, 13 tons of rubbish from 5 km of beach, while the 14.5 km beach in Almeria generated about 3.8 tons per month. This included metallic and wooden debris or rope, as well as cigarette butts, plastics and cans sieved by the machinery. How much waste? TractorsSome are equipped with a beach cleaning system that sifts sand to a depth of 5 cm. Quads With trailers to reach hard to access or protected areas. Collection is manual. Centaurs These are 3-axle trucks with a box and loading shovel to remove seaweed. Loaders Deposit the material in the container vehicles. 10 3 3 2 2 5 1 Trucks One open box truck with platform and one 26-ton truck for large quantities of waste on wide, spread-out beaches. Side-loadingcollector. Electric and conventional vehicles for transporting workers.