ISTO
ISTO. is a Portuguese sustainable fashion brand offering luxury everyday clothing made from organic, natural, and recycled materials, with f…
Zero Waste Living
A society without a bin: bulk grocers like Maria Granel, the refill shop Mind the Trash, and Lisbon's Zero Waste Lab. Everyday proof that waste is a design flaw, not a fact of life.
Projects in this focus
Jinja
Jinja is a Porto-based sustainable design brand founded in 2012 by Norma Silva, creating handmade home products from reused industrial texti…
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV)
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV) is Portugal's leading packaging waste management organisation, operating since 1996 and having diverted over 11 …
Mind the Trash
Mind the Trash is Portugal's first zero-waste online store, founded in 2017 in Lisbon, offering sustainable, organic, and plastic-free produ…
Maria Granel
Maria Granel is Portugal's first bulk organic grocery store, founded in 2015 in Lisbon, pioneering zero-waste shopping with plastic-free pac…
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 …
Zero waste living in Portugal
Portuguese shopping habits made this easier than it looks: the mercearia, the market stall and the wine bottle taken back to be refilled were normal within living memory. The refill and return model revives an old system rather than inventing one.
Maria Granel opened the first bulk organic grocery in Lisbon in 2015 and Bialógica does the same in São Brás de Alportel. Mind the Trash sells refills online, Rizoma runs a cooperative storefront in Anjos, and Zero Waste Lab pilots collaborative solutions across the city.
Start with the two or three items you buy most often; nobody converts a whole household in a week. See also plastic-free alternatives, recycling systems and minimalism and conscious consumption. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.