EcoPorto - Porto Ambiente
EcoPorto is Porto Ambiente's centre for urban circularity, running a donation marketplace and home collection service that gives discarded o…
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
Smart Waste Portugal
Smart Waste Portugal is a non-profit collaborative network founded in 2015 that unites companies, public bodies and academia to advance the …
Portugal Reciclagem
Portugal Reciclagem is a plastic recycling company based in Carregosa, transforming plastic waste and industrial scrap into reusable raw mat…
Valérius 360
Valérius 360 is a Portuguese circular economy company based in Barcelos that recycles textile waste into recycled yarns, jersey fabrics, and…
LIPOR
LIPOR is the inter-municipal association responsible for sustainable waste management across the Greater Porto region, operating recycling, …
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.