• El Pinar and Gurugú beaches have won the ‘Sustainable Beaches 2024’ award promoted by the Valencian crowdfunding platform, Lateuaterra, and the association specialized in beach cleaning, BIOagradables.
• A runner-up prize was awarded to the municipality of Burriana for its commitment to the maintenance and care of the Arenal and Malvarrosa beaches.

Lateuaterra.com and the BIOagradables Association have awarded the Pinar and Gurugú beaches in Castellón de la Plana the first prize in the contest ‘Sustainable Beaches 2024‘. The municipality of Burriana has won the runner-up with its Arenal and Malvarrosa beaches.

The awards, launched during the month of July by the Valencian crowdfunding platform specialized in environment and the non-profit association specialized in beach cleaning, aim to recognize the municipalities of the Valencian Community that opt for ecological and sustainable measures.

The jury, composed of the Lateuaterra.com Technical Committee and the BIOagradables Association, has valued the concern shown by the awarded municipalities towards the protection of the natural environment, environmental education, accessibility to beaches, waste management and respectful with the planet in the municipality as a whole and, especially, on beaches and coastal environments.

Winning beaches in Castellón

The winning beaches, located in El Grao, the maritime district of Castellón de la Plana, stand out for the environmental education activities that try to teach the importance of taking care of the natural environment. These activities include beach clean-up days, workshops on marine biodiversity and educational programs for children.

For its part, the commitment of the Burriana City Council to the maintenance and care of the beaches is demonstrated mainly in the month of July, when the beaches are most crowded, carrying out numerous workshops and environmental activities to raise awareness of the need to preserve nature.

More initiatives to protect the environment

Thanks to this award, Castellón de la Plana will promote environmental projects through a crowdfunding campaign, which will have the advice of Lateuaterra.com and the support of the platform in the management of communication during the development of the campaign. The municipality of Burriana was awarded a runner-up prize that includes advice in the field of communication in the development of the campaign by Lateuaterra.com.

As an environmental crowdfunding platform, Lateuaterra.com has raised 83,380 euros for the development of projects that care for the health of the planet, with more than 1,200 backers from all over Spain who have made 80% of the projects presented a reality. In addition to the projects launched, the platform, born in Valencia, has received more than 400 environmental initiatives and has positioned itself as a benchmark in the field of eco-entrepreneurship with more than 2,500 registered users.