On Tuesday, the Environment Deputy of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, José Ignacio Asensio, referred to the operation of Zubieta's infrastructure in the presentation of the European Waste Prevention Week, which is being held from 21 to 29 November. "Since the acquisition of integrated environmental authorization, infrastructure has been operating normally at 100%," said Asensio. Apparently, they only need to complete a final administrative procedure, so the MEP hopes to approve and sign the Start of Operation Act, which will take place this November.

The Directorate and Technician of the Waste Consortium of Gipuzkoa shall, by means of a report, verify compliance with all the guarantees and conditions of the contract. For this, according to Asensio, it was necessary to obtain an integrated environmental authorization and wait for the plant to be fully operational. With the signing of this act, the Zubieta incinerator enters a phase of exploitation, as Asensio has announced, and "after that, our intention is to make an opening or a presentation".

As part of the entire incinerator operation, Naiz reports that the document to be signed by the Waste Consortium of Gipuzkoa GHK at the end of November with the private group of companies Ekondakin will be the milestone of the official start-up of the Zubieta incinerator: the payment for 35 years will start from that firm: Up to 2055 Gipuzkoans will pay between EUR 23 and 31 million per year, which means a disbursement of EUR 1,085 million, according to the first estimates. The Ekondakin Energy and Environment Association consists of the following companies: Meridiam Investments (50%), Urbaser (46%), Moyua Constructions (1%), Murias Constructions (1%), Altuna and Uría (1%) and LKS Mondragón (1%).