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…
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
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 upcycles discarded materials — from neoprene wetsuits to nautical sail…
Circular Economy Portugal
Circular Economy Portugal is a non-profit association that promotes the transition to a circular economy in Portugal through capacity-buildi…
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV)
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV) is Portugal's leading packaging waste management organisation, operating since 1996 and having diverted over 11 …
Electrão
Electrão is Portugal's largest waste management compliance organisation, uniquely managing recycling systems for three distinct waste stream…
Zero Waste Lab
Zero Waste Lab is a Lisbon-based independent hub and NGO piloting 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.