"I can't tell you how much waste I've received from my hand."
- A neighbour of the municipalities of Azkoitia and Zestoa has made a request for the rubbish accumulated in the river Urola and in the streams of the area.
Gorka Alberdi is a azkoitiarra of Zestoa living in the Arroa district of the Gipuzkoan locality. As he explained, the situation of the river and its routes and regatta is "regrettable" in these areas, and to prove it he has provided dozens of photos taken throughout the day. There you can see plastics, furniture and garbage bags on the banks of the streams. “I can’t say how many times I’ve crouched and how many waste I’ve collected from my hand,” he says in the complaint.
According to this, the “most serious” is not the accumulated garbage, but the one that has gone downstream: “Seeing the banks of rivers and streams allows us to admire how many kilos of garbage will take each year to the sea.” The complainant considers that this situation is also repeated in other countries.
In view of this, he has asked the political representatives of the municipalities of Zestoa and Azkoitia "firmness" to turn the situation around. In any case, Alberdi, aware that this is a problem that has arisen in society, believes that “everyone needs attention and support.”
Cleaning of rivers in auzolan
It is precisely the Astindu association, which is responsible for social affairs in Zestoa, that has called for the margins of the rivers to be cleared this summer. Last July he organized an auzolan among the neighbors and for this he was assisted by the Zestoa City Council.
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