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Yet more rubbish on the beach after San Juan The Festival of San Juan passed in Xàbia without any reported adverse incidents, but in Valencia the cleaning operation collected 89% more waste than the previous year, going from 18 to 34 tons of garbage. According to Pilar Soriano the Councillor for Beaches and Cleaning, they collected 32,000 kilos of waste from northern beaches compared to a little under 16,000 in 2016, and on the beaches 3,000 kilos compared to 2,300 last year from the southern beaches. The Red Cross dealt with four people for alcohol poisoning, and one for burns.