by Donald Wood
Last updated: 10:50 AM ET, Thu January 3, 2019
Officials in the Benito Juarez Municipality of Quintana Roo announced they are working to add more beaches to the list of those Blue Flag certified.
According to the Riviera Maya News, Federal Maritime Land Zone (Zofemat) general director Vagner Elbiorn Vega said the municipal administration is looking to obtain Blue Flag certification for two or three more beaches.
As a way to help areas such as El Pueblito reach the Blue Flag distinction, government employees and volunteers have been working to collect garbage and clean up the surrounding public beach areas.
"We have to realize that the planet is at a point where the wonders we have are at great risk," Elbiorn Vega told the Riviera Maya News. "Cigarette butts are worrisome because if they go to the sea, the fish eat them and die."
The Quintana Roo municipality already boasts seven beaches that qualify for the designation.
"We have a good amount of trash cans, many donated by hoteliers, and you have to use them," Elbiorn Vega continued. "For the high season, we have bought more and will have 150 on the seven Blue Flag beaches."
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