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
Repair Café Algarve
Repair Café Algarve is a project created and organized by Associação Benfazer. Its team of repairers participate in events throughout the Al…
EcoPorto - Porto Ambiente
EcoPorto is Porto Ambiente's centre for urban circularity, running a donation marketplace and home collection service that gives discarded o…
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 …
Green2You
Green2You is a bulk grocery store in Coimbra offering organic, ecological and zero-waste products, from food to eco-friendly detergents and …
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…
Algarlixo – Gestão e Administração de Resíduos
Algarlixo is a waste management and recycling company based in Castro Marim, Algarve, offering collection, transport, recycling and related …
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…
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…
Resialentejo – Tratamento e Valorização de Resíduos
Resialentejo is a municipal inter-municipal enterprise responsible for the treatment and valorisation of waste in the Beja region of Alentej…
Portugal Reciclagem
Portugal Reciclagem is a plastic recycling company based in Carregosa, transforming plastic waste and industrial scrap into reusable raw mat…
EcoXperience / EcoX
EcoXperience (EcoX) is a Coimbra-based company founded in 2016 that upcycles used cooking oil into biodegradable liquid detergents and soaps…
Valérius 360
Valérius 360 is a circular economy company based in Barcelos that turns textile waste into recycled yarns, jersey fabrics and new clothing, …
The Loop Co.
The Loop Co. is a Portuguese group of companies that began as a University of Coimbra spin-off. It develops circular economy platforms such …
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…
LIPOR
LIPOR is the inter-municipal association responsible for sustainable waste management in Greater Porto. It operates recycling, composting, o…
Goparity
Goparity is a regulated crowdfunding platform connecting investors with sustainable projects aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goa…
Leafclean
LeafClean, in Faro, sells EU Ecolabel certified, cruelty-free cleaning products and runs a refill system to cut plastic waste. Its range inc…
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.