The Environment in Gran Canaria


Gran Canaria has one of the best climates for tourism but the shortage of sweet water has made local people more conscious of the need to save and preserve natural resources.


The ‘Canarios’ have developed several measures to take advantage of the difficulties the island has – including extensive know-how of the desalination of seawater and power saving methods such as wind and sun power (also used in the desalination of seawater and in the generation of energy).


If you’re spending your holidays on the island, try also to make your contribution to the protection of the environment. Maybe you’ll even be motivated so much by the way how environmental matters are treated here, that you will continue acting environmental-conscious also at home (if you don’t do this already)!


Gran Canaria has also tackled the problem of recycling and utilisation of urban solid waste, the public authority for waste management having installed ‘clean points’, which are centres where pre-separated waste is collected to be recycled or disposed of. In the meantime the Canary citizens have well adopted these measures aiming to relieve the environment.

Some hotels even request your co-operation when it comes to water consumption (for example, you might be asked to put your towels only for washing when they are dirty instead of doing it daily).