GuraSOS denies several statements made by the Waste Management of Gipuzkoa
- The Waste Management of Gipuzkoa (GHK) released a press release on Sunday after hundreds of fish were killed in the river that came down from the Zubieta incinerator. GuraSOS has denied some of the statements made and accused GHK of shirking its responsibilities.
Last Saturday it was known that in the Aitzerreka River, which came down from the incinerator of Gipuzkoa, hundreds of fish were found dead and possibly caused a toxic spillage. According to a witness to ARGIA, "the lower river of the incinerator, there are no more activities that can influence the future. The entire river is dead.
The GHK is the entity that manages the waste incineration plant in Gipuzkoa, and in a press release, any discharge into the river is denied. He argues that the water circuit used in the incinerator is closed and that only rainwater is poured into the streams. In addition, he added that the resolution of this case falls to the URA agency.
GuraSOS was critical of the statements made by GHK. It accuses GHK of being circumventing its responsibilities in relation to the facts and underlines that it is currently operating without authorisation, and therefore without control.
The association has denied that the incinerator does not envisage dumping toxic waste into the river, contrary to what is implied in the GHK note. They add that the incinerator can dispose of waste outside the plant if storage is required.
According to GuraSOS, the fact that the URA agency is responsible for clarifying the event "unfortunately" offers no guarantee whatsoever. In this regard, it has clearly stated: “The technical structures led by independence are only part of a politically oriented administration.” He added that the address of URA is in the hands of Ernesto Martínez De Cabredo, president of Zuribar, S.L., a company consulted by Ignacio Barinaga Eguia, owner of Verter Recycling 2012.
As reported by GHK, the URA agency will make known the responsible for discharges, as it has done in the event of similar events earlier. According to GuraSOS, with this statement it can be concluded that there have been events that public opinion has never known at any time. “It is a rare statement, considering that the URA technician Josu Perea explained this morning in an interview in the Basque Country Irratia that this has not happened in the last ten years,” the reading association explained.
