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Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA)
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Portugal's Volta scheme and waste‑collection challenges
13 clusters · 39 sources · last updated
Latest: Portugal's Volta recycling scheme recovers 150 million containers
Portugal’s Volta deposit‑return system, launched on 10 April 2026, now operates over 3,000 automatic points and 50 manual kiosks, recording more than 150 million beverage‑container returns by late July. The scheme target
Portugal waste management and recycling progress
8 clusters · 29 sources · last updated
Latest: Portugal exempts municipalities meeting recycling targets from waste tax
By late May 2026 the Almargem environmental association warned that planned expansions of two sanitary landfills in the Algarve were unsustainable and urged a shift toward mechanical‑biological treatment, door‑to‑door co
Portugal river and biometane environmental disputes
4 clusters · 6 sources · last updated
Latest: Portugal's environmental agency faces criticism over river work and adopts new beach rules
In late July 2026 the Portuguese Communist Party raised parliamentary questions about alleged illegal dairy effluent discharges into the Cobral River and about a planned biometane production unit in Árgea, demanding assu