Overview
- Penalties will apply this 2025/2026 season at private and concessioned balnearios, municipal Unidades Turísticas Fiscales, the Punta Mogotes complex, and provincial concessions.
- The ordinance sets fines from 0.15% to 1.5% of the value equivalent to 100 municipal minimum wages, roughly ARS 50,899 to 508,992 based on the September benchmark.
- City officials have not detailed how enforcement will work, leaving unanswered who will conduct checks, how fines will be issued, and whether third-party complaints will be used.
- Balneario operators must maintain smoke-free zones, provide clearly marked smoking areas, display the warning “Fumar es perjudicial para la salud,” and install at least two receptacles for cigarette butts.
- The policy aims to curb tobacco exposure in recreational spaces and cut cigarette-butt pollution, which studies show is among the most common and persistent waste on Buenos Aires province beaches.