Green2You
Green2You is a bulk grocery store in Coimbra offering organic, ecological and zero-waste products, from food to eco-friendly detergents and …
Recycling Systems
The infrastructure that closes the loop: national schemes like Sociedade Ponto Verde and Electrão, LIPOR's regional network near Porto, and circular-economy work from CEP. The unglamorous backbone of doing better.
Projects in this focus
CECOLAB - Collaborative Laboratory Towards Circular Economy
CECOLAB is a private non-profit collaborative laboratory based in Oliveira do Hospital, dedicated to research and innovation in the circular…
EcoXperience / EcoX
EcoXperience (EcoX) is a Coimbra-based company founded in 2016 that upcycles used cooking oil into biodegradable liquid detergents and soaps…
The Loop Co.
The Loop Co. is a Portuguese group of companies born from a University of Coimbra spin-off, developing circular economy platforms such as Bo…
Recycling systems in Portugal
This is the least romantic focus on the site and one of the most consequential. Portugal recycles less of its municipal waste than its European targets require, and closing that gap is a matter of collection systems, sorting plants and contracts rather than good intentions.
Sociedade Ponto Verde has run packaging waste nationally since the nineties and Electrão handles electricals and batteries. LIPOR manages waste for Greater Porto. Valérius 360 recycles textile waste in Barcelos, Portugal Reciclagem processes plastics near Oliveira de Azeméis, and The Loop Co. came out of the University of Coimbra to develop circular materials.
Sorting correctly at home is worth more here than any single purchase decision. See also zero waste living, upcycling and repurposing and circular building practices. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.