EcoPorto - Porto Ambiente
EcoPorto is Porto Ambiente's centre for urban circularity, running a donation marketplace and home collection service that gives discarded o…
Products, Consumption & Circular
Buying less, choosing better: regenerative fashion from SENSIHEMP, botanical design by Green Embassy, and makers working on zero waste, upcycling and plastic-free alternatives. The everyday side of sustainable living in Portugal.
Projects in this theme
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…
Blanky
Blanky is a fast-growing Portuguese sustainable home textiles brand, best known as the first weighted blanket company in Iberia, offering ba…
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…
ISTO
ISTO. is a Portuguese sustainable fashion brand offering luxury everyday clothing made from organic, natural, and recycled materials, with f…
Vada
Vada is a Portuguese upcycling brand that transforms discarded automotive and bicycle tires and inner tubes into handmade, eco-friendly bags…
EcoXperience / EcoX
EcoXperience (EcoX) is a Coimbra-based company founded in 2016 that upcycles used cooking oil into biodegradable liquid detergents and soaps…
Green Tribe People
Green Tribe People is a family-owned Portuguese company distributing Effective Microorganisms (EM) products for agriculture, home care, beau…
Valérius 360
Valérius 360 is a Portuguese circular economy company based in Barcelos that recycles textile waste into recycled yarns, jersey fabrics, and…
Jinja
Jinja is a Porto-based sustainable design brand founded in 2012 by Norma Silva, creating handmade home products from reused industrial texti…
Olivedogma
Olive Dogma is a circular economy initiative based in Ourém, Portugal, that transforms olive tree pruning offcuts into natural olive-wood ch…
The Loop Co.
The Loop Co. is a Portuguese group of companies born from a University of Coimbra spin-off, developing circular economy platforms such as Bo…
Vintage for a Cause
Vintage for a Cause is a Portuguese circular fashion brand that upcycles textile waste into original clothing while empowering unemployed wo…
Hoooked Portugal
Hoooked Portugal is a sustainable textile company based in Zibreira, Torres Novas, that produces 100% recycled yarn from fashion industry wa…
Tinctorium Studio
Tinctorium Studio is a natural dye and eco-print atelier near Lisbon, creating one-of-a-kind wearable art from locally foraged and permacult…
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…
Ericas
Ericas is a Portuguese company that handcrafts sustainable, 100% natural pet toys from heather roots using traditional artisan methods. Thei…
Tinctória Natural
Tinctória Natural is a circular-economy project in Alentejo producing sustainable paints and dyes from agro-food bio-waste, offering worksho…
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV)
Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV) is Portugal's leading packaging waste management organisation, operating since 1996 and having diverted over 11 …
Hippocampus Sabão
Hippocampus Sabão is a natural and handmade soap brand based in Tavira, Algarve, inspired by the seahorses of the Ria Formosa lagoon and com…
ECOVEST
ECOVEST is a Portuguese eco-friendly textile design and manufacturing company based in Vila do Conde, specialising in sustainable fashion co…
LIPOR
LIPOR is the inter-municipal association responsible for sustainable waste management across the Greater Porto region, operating recycling, …
Bialógica – Mercearia a Granel
Bialógica – Mercearia a Granel is a bulk grocery store in São Brás de Alportel, Portugal, selling organic, natural and ecological products w…
Sugo Cork Rugs
Sugo Cork Rugs is a Portuguese brand founded in 2017 that handweaves bespoke rugs from cork, combining traditional weaving artistry with sus…
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…
GoParity
GoParity is a regulated impact finance and investment platform based in Lisbon that connects investors with sustainable projects aligned wit…
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…
Atelier Janela Velha
Atelier Janela Velha is a Portuguese upcycling project based in Torres Vedras, creating handmade jewellery, slow fashion, and restored furni…
Leafclean
LeafClean is a sustainable cleaning products company based in Faro, Portugal, offering EU Ecolabel certified products and an innovative refi…
Electrão
Electrão is Portugal's largest waste management compliance organisation, uniquely managing recycling systems for three distinct waste stream…
Corkor
Corkor is a Portuguese brand based in Barreiro that handcrafts vegan accessories from genuine cork, offering a sustainable and cruelty-free …
Zero Waste Lab
Zero Waste Lab is a Lisbon-based independent hub and NGO piloting collaborative solutions towards zero waste and circular economy practices …
SENSIHEMP
Sensihemp is a Portuguese regenerative fashion brand based in Póvoa de Varzim that creates clothing and accessories from 100% certified hemp…
Terra Lab
Terra Lab is a Portuguese online shop specialising in air plants (tillandsias), kokedamas, and sustainable plant-based products for eco-cons…
Green Embassy
Green Embassy is a Lisbon-based botanical company specialising in the design, installation, and maintenance of indoor plant environments for…
Burel Factory
Burel Factory is a Portuguese brand born in Serra da Estrela dedicated to preserving and innovating the traditional burel wool textile indus…
Circular products and conscious consumption in Portugal
This is the part of sustainable living you meet in a shop rather than on a farm: what a thing is made of, how far it travelled, how long it lasts, and what happens to it afterwards.
SENSIHEMP works in hemp textiles. Green Embassy makes botanical design pieces. Beside them are makers and shops working on zero waste, upcycling, plastic-free alternatives, natural personal care, and repair rather than replacement, tool libraries and repair cafés included.
The focus filter splits it into zero waste living, eco-friendly products, handmade and local crafts, sustainable fashion, plastic-free alternatives, upcycling and repurposing, recycling systems, natural personal care, minimalism and conscious consumption, tool libraries and repair cafés, ethical shopping platforms and ethical investing. Most of these are small producers; buying from them is usually a direct conversation, and their pages carry the contact details for it. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.