Valorpneu
Valorpneu is a non-profit company, licensed by the Portuguese State, that manages the collection and treatment of used tyres. It has run the…
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
Associação Dariacordar / Zero Desperdício
Associação Dariacordar / Zero Desperdício is a Portuguese non-profit founded in 2011/2012 that fights food and textile waste through a natio…
REPLAY - Recolha e Reciclagem Criativa de Brinquedos
REPLAY is a Portuguese project that collects end-of-life toys and creatively recycles their plastic and other materials into new objects, ta…
United to Remake (U2R)
United to Remake (U2R) is a Portuguese social innovation startup that works with brands and organisations to upcycle discarded materials, fr…
Circular Economy Portugal
Circular Economy Portugal is a non-profit association promoting the transition to a circular economy in Portugal. It does this through capac…
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV)
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV) is Portugal's leading packaging waste management organisation. Since 1996 it has diverted over 11 million tonnes…
Goparity
Goparity is a regulated crowdfunding platform connecting investors with sustainable projects aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goa…
Electrão
Electrão is Portugal's largest waste management compliance organisation and the only one managing recycling systems for three waste streams:…
Zero Waste Lab
Zero Waste Lab is an independent hub and NGO in Lisbon that pilots collaborative solutions towards zero waste and circular economy practices…
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.