WASTE MANAGEMENT

PORTUGAL

Plano Estratégico para os Resíduos Urbanos (PERSU) – Strategic paln for urban waste

Plano Estratégico para resíduos hospitalares (PERH) – Strategic plan for hospital waste

Plano Estratégico de Gestão dos Resíduos Industriais (PEGRI) – Strategic Plan for Industrial Waste Management

Till the end of the 90s – only deposit in Landfills(more or less 300 – one per Municipality.

Then comes PERSU

The old Landfills were closed and new infrastructures were built.

Instead of one Landfill per Municipality, this structures began to be used by several Municipalities (beginning of intercity organization)

Private companies are created and make protocols with the Cities.

Instead of the 257 waste management companies we now have only 23.

Trash separation bins that exist at the public places are responsibility of this management companies but the waste management itself is responsibility of Sociedade Ponto Verde (Green Dot Society)

Specific waste like batteries have protocols with the intermunicipaly companies and other waste management companies

90% of the glass is separated78% of plastic and paper74% of newspapers and magazins

Less separated

32% deodorant packages and can of pre-cooked meals

Crises seems not to affect families separation, but the comsumption has been reduced because of crises, so therefore is less waste

69% of portuguese homes separates

FROM 1996 TILL 2014 RECYCLING HAS INCREASED 100%

Collecting

Selective CollectingNon Selective

Collecting

Separation waste center

Composting Landfill Incineration

RecyclingMaterials Organic Valorization

Energy recovery

Reject

Landfill Incineration