28 Feb, 2024 @ 10:13
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Ibiza port suffers huge sewage spill: Emergency plan is launched to clean up the affected water

EMERGENCY plan put in place after Ibiza port suffers a huge sewage spill. 

The Balearic Port Authority (APB) has detected a spill of fecal matter in the area’s main port.

The affected zone begins just before Martillo and ends at Vila. 

It was identified at 5:00pm this Tuesday. 

The spill is believed to be an overflow, the origin of which is not known. 

Now, APB has launched their Maritime Interior Plan (PMI) for environmental emergencies. 

A container barrier has also been installed to control the spill.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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