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The report “Plastics to the Chipiron” by Teknopolis, winner of the IV Environmental Journalism Congress of the Basque Country. awards awards awards ceremony awards awards awards awards prize prize prize

2018/06/07 Elhuyar Zientzia

Teknopolis, produced by Elhuyar, has been awarded in the television category in the fourth edition of the Environmental Journalism of the Basque Country for the report “Plastics to the Txipiron”.
Photo: Iñaki Leturia Yurrita, Minister of Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Basque Government, receives the award from Iñaki Arriola López. Ed. Ihobe Ihobe The report was broadcast within a program dedicated to plastic in Euskal Telebista last October. Precisely 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 squid, chicken feathers or wool as raw material. The report includes 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 Environmental Framework Program of CAPV 2020, environmental values are especially evident in the report of Teknopolis: efficient use of resources, transformation of waste into raw materials, etc.

The award for best work has been for a report on circular economy by Alex Fernandez Morza (“These five products are not bought”). In the written press category, the jury has awarded two awards, 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 program of Radio Euskadi Sunday "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.

 

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