As every year, a thorough river cleaning was carried out this year, but with a novelty: instead of each municipality acting independently, the Urola Erdi Mancomunidad managed the cleaning to ensure a more coordinated and comprehensive approach across the region's towns.
Regarding Azpeitia, the cleaning was conducted in two areas: firstly, in the Urola River, along a 3.5-kilometer stretch between the farms Aldakaitz and Basabe; and secondly, in the Ibaider River, along a 5-kilometer stretch from the farm Txarabarrena to the Azoka Plaza. Work was carried out over several days in October.
The cleaning is done manually to minimize harm to the river. In this year's cleanup, a total of 525 kilos of material were removed from the Urola and Ibaider rivers and taken to Laiena for proper sorting.
The majority of the collected material consisted of rejects (351 kilos), followed by iron (109 kilos) and plastics (38 kilos).
