Playa de Oro in Puerto Vallarta’s North hotel zone will become the first beach under the current municipal administration to recover its national “Sustainable Clean Beach” certification from the Mexican Institute of Standardization and Certification in February 2025, announced councilor Christian Bravo Carbajal during the third ordinary session of the Commission for Free, Clean and Certified Beaches.
The Wednesday session at Municipal Presidency included committee members, City Council directors, and representatives from organizations involved in maintaining these natural spaces.
Councilman Bravo Carbajal emphasized the continuous work since October when the current administration began. To achieve certification, beaches must fulfill 36 requirements under the NMX-AA-120-SCFI-2016 standard, including optimal water quality, appropriate bacterial levels, and absence of hazardous waste.
Requirements also include proper solid waste management to prevent garbage and hazardous waste accumulation, along with adequate infrastructure, services, waste containers, and signage.
Bravo Carbajal highlighted the municipal government’s enhanced clean-up campaigns throughout the municipality, involving volunteers and public servants to improve natural spaces’ conditions, noting that street garbage ultimately reaches the beaches.
This certification marks the local government’s initial step in ensuring clean and certified beaches for Puerto Vallarta’s residents and thousands of visitors, aiming to recover designations held in previous years that were not renewed.