. ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁he ath ▁index ▁used ▁in ▁many ▁European ▁countries , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Israel ▁generated ▁its ▁own ▁beach ▁analysis , ▁their ▁clean ▁coast ▁index ▁( CC I ). ▁The ▁goal ▁since ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁this ▁program ▁has ▁been ▁to ▁maintain ▁clean lin ess ▁of ▁all ▁Israel ' s ▁coast line , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁educ ate ▁the ▁public ▁on ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁migr ating ▁marine ▁l itter . ▁This ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Index es ▁to ▁determine ▁more ▁than ▁just ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁waste ▁removed ▁from ▁a ▁beach , ▁as ▁has ▁been ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁ ▁The ▁C CI ▁evaluated ▁beach ▁clean lin ess ▁every ▁ 2 ▁weeks ▁for ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁ 7 ▁months . ▁By ▁using ▁this ▁index ▁on ▁a ▁periodic ▁basis ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁determine ▁what ▁processes ▁worked ▁well ▁and ▁which ▁one ▁did ▁not . ▁Other ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁are ▁employ ing ▁a ▁different ▁form ▁of ▁beach ▁health ▁index , ▁called ▁the ▁Beach ▁Qu ality ▁Index ▁( B Q I ). ▁The ▁B Q I ▁ass esses ▁many ▁aspects ▁of ▁be aches , ▁not ▁just ▁l itter ▁or ▁overall ▁clean lin ess , ▁but ▁anth rop oc ent ric ▁impact s ▁and ▁long ▁term ▁effects ▁to ▁act ▁somewhat ▁as ▁a ▁check list ▁for ▁environmental ▁quality ▁issues . ▁The ▁B Q I ▁class ifies ▁be aches ▁as ▁both ▁urban ▁and ▁urban ized , ▁in ▁the ▁hopes ▁of ▁assess ing ▁them ▁to ▁their ▁best ▁ability , ▁and ▁including