Recycling in Portugal

What is recycling?

Recycling is a process to

change materials into new products.

Paper, glass, metal and plastic can be recycled.

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Recycling in PortugalPortugal has a very good network of recycling facilities for

the general public.

Portuguese households don’t generally have a dustbin collection themselves.

Household waste and recycling is taken, by the

householder, to the nearest recycle point

(ecoponto) or large green skip (for general waste).

Ecopontos are commonplace.Blue for paper and card, yellow for packaging and

green for glass.

Recycle points - EcopontosThere are also numerous recycle points which

sometimes also include a small orange bin, on the front or the side, for old batteries.

Recycle points - EcopontosEven the beaches are equipped

with a basic version of the ecopontos you find elsewhere.

Recycle points – Clothing bank

Here you can put your old clothes.

SPV- Sociedade Ponto VerdeWho are they? It’s a nonprofit

association with the aim of making the country sustainable

Aims? Their mission is to manage and organize the

recovery of waste through the Integrated Management of

Packing Waste (Sistema Integrado de Gestão de

Resíduos de Embalagens).

Ponto Verde in Portugal – Caldas da Rainha

Number of:Recycle centres .................................................................11Recycle points ............................................................. 5 514Green recycle points ................................................... 5.634Blue recycle points ...................................................... 5.515Yellow recycle points .................................................. 5.009Land fill ......................................................................... 2Screening station .......................................................... 2Waste transfer station .................................................. 6Organic recycling station ............................................ 1Door to door collection – serves a population of: ..... 236.968

VALORMEDWho are they? It was

created in 1999. It’s a non profit association.

Aims? It has the responsability of

managing waste of empty containers of medicines discarded.

RESIOESTEWho are they? Empresa Geral do Fomento (EGF) is responsible for ensuring

the treatment and recovery of waste

contributing to improving the quality of life and the

environment.What do they do? They

work in the area of integrated municipal solid

waste of 60% of Portuguese population(6,4 millions of inhabitants) that produce 3.7 million tons of

waste annually.

Other associations that help Invironment

in Portugal

AGROBIO - Associação Portuguesa de Agricultura Biológica

Almargem - Associação de Defesa do Património Cultural e Ambiental

Amigos dos Açores - Associaçao Ecológica

http://www.agrobio.pt/pt/

http://www.almargem.org/

http://www.amigosdosacores.pt/

CPADA - Confederação Portuguesa das Associações de Defesa do Ambiente

GEOTA - Grupo de Estudos do Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente

ASPEA - Associaçao Portuguesa de Educação Ambiental

http://www.cpada.pt/

http://www.geota.pt/scid/geotawebpage/

http://www.aspea.org/

LPN - Liga para a Protecçao da Natureza

Planeta Verde - Associaçao para a Protecçao e Defesa da Floresta

QUERCUS - Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza

http://www.lpn.pt/

http://www.quercus.pt/

Carolina Santos and Inês MorgadoAgrupamento de Escolas Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro