MALLORCA TODAY - More burning of palm remains in Puerto Pollensa

Pollensa town hall has announced that it will incinerate palm remains that are still being gathered and dumped in plastic in the Llenaire district of Puerto Pollensa. The town hall says that it has the authorisation of the regional government environment ministry to do so, though it is unclear if it intends to burn the palms in situ or take them away. Previously, palms affected by the "picudo rojo" (palm weevil) have been burned in open fields, provoking protests that this merely adds to the spread of the beetle that has been destroying palm trees in the area. The town hall has also given no date as to when the incineration will take place.