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A month ago, 7News updated you about the island of garbage which washed up on the beaches of San Pedro on Caye Caulker. Well, it's been a total of 2 months since that incident happened, and it is still causing the residents of San Pedro major headaches.

Recent reports reaching our newsroom is that the situation has been improving, where the majority of the homeowners and resort owners work hard to clean their own beaches, and those nearby,  but in areas where shoreline is unclaimed or vacant, those piles of garbage just sit there, causing an eyesore to those living on the island.

We understand that there are community efforts working to try to deal with the problem, but there are large portions of beach where they have to work on, and as a result, it has been slow-moving. It continues to be a concern for those who depend heavily on tourism, since San Pedro earns a significant portion of the countries revenue in the industry. The fear is that when the high season comes around, there will still be sections of the shoreline which will not be cleaned in time, and it will negatively affect the island's earnings.

As we told you, Mayor Daniel Guerrero has told us that his council continues to work hard with residents to combat the problem, but it has been tough to deal with because new garbage continues to be deposited on the island.

We spoke to Guerrero this afternoon, and he told us that he is unaware of any sections of the beach which his council has not gotten to, especially because they've been running steady clean-up campaigns. He told us that if he is to be pointed in the direction of those sections which need to be cleaned, the council will get to work on them immediately.