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Our own articles and interviews, and our summaries of what the Portuguese press reported on sustainability. The Pulse is the daily edition; this is the lasting entrance — every story on its own page.

What was reported

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Second-hand clothing market returns to Leiria on Saturday
A Leiria market wants shoppers to raid their own wardrobes before buying anything new.
2 September 2026Centro
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New book examines why sustainable fashion remains the hard choice
A fashion-industry veteran with 15 years' experience argues the problem isn't consumers at all.
1 September 2026Maria Granel
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Algarve launches free tool for SMEs to assess sustainability
Businesses can now benchmark their green performance against rivals in the same sector.
1 September 2026AlgarveAREAL
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Only five Portuguese councils still lack Volta deposit points
Two mayors say a national deposit machine map is simply wrong about their own town.
27 August 2026
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Some Portuguese venues can legally refuse Volta deposit refunds
Some canteens and school bars can pocket your 10 cents legally, but there is still a way to get it back.
26 August 2026LPN
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Central Alentejo collects over half a tonne of used batteries
Five Alentejo municipalities have been quietly filling battery collection points since May.
25 August 2026Alentejo
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Porto repair project CREW prevents 660kg of e-waste in six months
Repair centres and community workshops in Porto turned broken gadgets into hundreds of kilos of waste avoided.
24 August 2026NorteLIPOR
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Sociedade Ponto Verde renews ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications
The waste management body behind Portugal's packaging recycling system just passed an audit with zero non-conformities.
24 August 2026SPV
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ADN party seeks details on cement waste spill in Porto Santo
A cement-tainted discharge shut a Porto Santo beach for bathing, and a party wants the technical details ARM has yet to reveal.
22 August 2026Madeira
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ERSUC admits waste collection problems on Centre coastline
Municipalities had to step in themselves when containers overflowed, ERSUC now concedes.
21 August 2026Centro
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Resialentejo opens €5m tender for biowaste plant in Beja
A new facility at the Montinho Environmental Park will separate biowaste from Beja's regular rubbish stream for the first time.
21 August 2026AlentejoResialentejo
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Continente collects old notebooks to fund tree planting
Old school notebooks dropped off at Continente stores could soon become new trees across Portugal.
20 August 2026
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Circular economy habits could cut Portuguese household costs
An association says small daily choices could save Portuguese families hundreds of euros a year, starting with what ends up in the bin.
18 August 2026Smart Waste Portugal
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Northern Portugal approves key waste management investments
Four separate environmental approvals just unlocked new waste infrastructure across northern Portugal.
18 August 2026NorteLIPOR
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LIPOR launches Banco de Bens to reuse and donate items
Old furniture and appliances get a second life through donations to charities and NGOs.
17 August 2026NorteLIPOR
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Goparity raises €150,000 in 24 hours for sustainable fashion brand Sepiia
Nearly 900 investors backed a Spanish sustainable clothing brand's expansion in less than a day.
13 August 2026GoParity
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Madeira schools collect over seven tonnes of e-waste
Madeira's schools turned old batteries and lamps into thousands of euros in prizes over one school year.
13 August 2026MadeiraElectrão
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Funding call opens for bioeconomy projects in Baixo Alentejo
A €300,000 fund with a 50% support rate is now open to small producers in two Alentejo municipalities.
12 August 2026AlentejoAJAP
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LIPOR launches new phase of glass recycling campaign
Portugal recycled just 50.4% of its glass packaging in 2024, far short of the EU's target.
11 August 2026NorteLIPOR
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Portugal exempts councils meeting recycling targets from waste levy
Councils that hit EU recycling goals will no longer have to pay Portugal's waste management levy.
7 August 2026
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LIPOR and VivaLab launch tool-lending library in Porto
A new library in Porto lends out drills and pruning shears instead of books.
7 August 2026NorteLIPOR
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LIPOR schedules three free waste-management webinars for 2026
LIPOR sets the dates for three webinars running from September to December, each tackling a different waste challenge.
5 August 2026NorteLIPOR
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Sociedade Ponto Verde series highlights shift to higher-quality recycling
A Portuguese recycler once imported plastic from Germany; now it replaces virgin material entirely in cosmetics packaging.
3 August 2026SPV
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Litoral Alentejano opens €262,500 in circular economy grants
Farmers and businesses in five Alentejo coastal municipalities have until October 2026 to tap a new investment fund.
3 August 2026AlentejoAJAP
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Refood campaign collects batteries and bulbs in Leiria region
Drop off dead batteries and bulbs in Leiria and a Portuguese food charity could win new fridges.
2 August 2026CentroREFOOD
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Lisbon to host European sustainability conference in June 2027
Registration is already open for an international conference more than a year and a half away.
31 July 2026Lisbon
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Sociedade Ponto Verde launches AI chatbot to fix recycling errors
Only one in ten Portuguese who sort their packaging waste actually gets it right, SPV reveals.
31 July 2026SPV
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LIPOR turns 25,000 tonnes of organic waste into fertiliser
Portugal's fertiliser bill is climbing with Middle East tensions, and one entity says food waste could be part of the answer.
31 July 2026NorteLIPOR
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Portugal set to miss deadline for EU right-to-repair directive
Portugal already pays daily fines over one EU environmental directive, and Quercus warns another could follow.
30 July 2026ZERO
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Casa do Corim to host training for waste prevention week
A training session in September will kick off preparations for a European week dedicated to rethinking how resources are used.
30 July 2026NorteLIPOR