Just came back from a week on the cliffs. I was hoping to run into Brasi and Gerry but it didn't happen, although we were in the same neighborhood.
Something I noticed is the increasing scourge of litter on the island, mainly plastic bottles. Another troubling development is that the plastic is often burned with other rubbish releasing toxic fumes into the air. You can't mistake the smell of burning PVC. I have gently mentioned to some people how dangerous a thing it is to burn plastic and breathe these fumes. If you can smell it, you are breathing it.
The government should insist on container manufacturers setting up viable recycling programs for the plastic, or institute a deposit system on the plastic containers. (if they can do it for glass bottles, they can do it for plastic too).
The countryside is getting more heavily littered, and the toxic fumes from burning plastic will take its toll on human health in time.