Ainhoa Arrozpide

Ainhoa Arrozpide, from Usurbil (Gipuzkoa), has been a member of the Zero Waste Ingurumen Babeserako Elkartea group since its creation. The beginning of her journey dates back in 2006, with the launch of a new incinerator project, which would have been a few kilometers from her house. She joined the anti-incineration group of the town and together they went beyond the protest. Together they realized they needed to offer an alternative to the incineration plan. In 2008, they traveled to Catalonia together with a delegation from Gipuzkoa to learn about the most effective systems of waste collection. She directly took part to the creation of Gipuzkoa Zero Waste (2010), which was later re-named as Zero Waste Ingurumen Babeserako Elkartea. She has become well acquainted with the changes and the evolutions at the level of fights against the incinerators and at the level of alternatives that have occurred in the recent years in the Basque Country, especially in Gipuzkoa.