Iñaki Leturia Yurrita, Minister of Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Basque Government, receives the award from Iñaki Arriola López. Photo: Ihobe.

The report was broadcast in a program dedicated to plastic in Euskal Telebista last October. At the University of the Basque Country, the BIOMAT research team is working to find a solution to waste. Specifically, biodegradable plastics are being developed using squids, chicken feathers or wool as raw material. The report collects his work with the testimony of three members of the research team: Koro de la Caba Ciriza, Alaitz Etxabide Etxeberria and Pedro Guerrero Manso.

Among the values mentioned in the ACBC 2020 Environmental Framework Program, environmental values are particularly evident in the Teknopolis report: efficient use of resources, waste processing in raw materials, etc.

The award for best work has been for a report on circular economy by Alex Fernández Muerza (“These five products are not bought”). In the written press category, the jury has awarded two prizes, one to the article “The world says goodbye to mercury” by Araceli Acosta de Lugo and another, accesit, to the article “China wants to clean the face”, written by Zigor Aldama. Finally, in the radio category, within the Sunday program of Radio Euskadi “More than words”, has won a section dedicated to the spaces and sounds of the Natura 2000 Network.

This year, the fourth edition of the Euskadi Environmental Journalism Award was held, organized by the Department of Environment of the Basque Government and Ihobe, whose main objective is to recognize the work of journalists and media that promote the culture of sustainability.