08/06/2024 :
World Environment Day: Big litter picking event in the Ekoetxea Network natural spaces

In person: Red Ekoetxea de Centros Ambientales de Euskadi

Promoted by the United Nations, Environment Day 2024 will take place on 5 June under the theme “Our Lands. Our Future”. In the case of the Basque Country, Ihobe is organising several activities during the first fortnight of the month, including a collaborative waste collection event on Saturday 8 June in Ekoetxea Urdaibai, Ekoetxea Meatzaldea, Ekoetxea Txingudi and Ekoetxea Azpeitia.

Ekoetxea Urdaibai will be litter picking from 12:00 in two areas - the San Kristobal marshes and the Old Murueta Tile Factory - where the sea usually returns a lot of waste onto the coastal strip.

Ekoetxea Meatzaldea will start from 10:30 onwards, in an area that suffers a lot of pressure due to human activities, especially at weekends. The clean up will focus on the upper part of the Triano hills, specifically near the neighbourhoods of Larreineta and Barrionuevo (Trápaga-Trapagaran Valley).

Ekoetxea Txingudi will work with Recicla-Birziklatu and Ekopatruilak Irun to clean the Ibarla area from 10:00, a recreational area where outdoor leisure activities take place, from the car park in Arbesko Errota street to the children's playground in front of La Juanita.

Finally, Ekoetxea Azpeitia, in collaboration with the Town Council, invites all citizens and different municipal agents to take part in the litter pick starting at 10:00 in the Landeta industrial area.