27/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – Two innovative Bulgarian companies - ShiftIDEAS and Enova - who won in the StartUp Europe Awards in the environment and water categories, received their prizes from the European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, in Brussels on Tuesday 24 July. ShiftIDEAS (BYOMIC) won for developing a fully biodegradable composite material from agricultural waste. Enova won for designing a system of biosensors to detect and quantify organic water pollution. This competition is an initiative of the Finnova Foundation, promoted by the European Commission, the Parliament and the Committee of the Regions in the framework of the Startup Europe programme. (AN)