Take-back and Treatment

The Association's work has a very important educational component, and Electrão's aim is to make citizens aware of the problem of over-consumption of packaging and the impact it has on the environment, especially when it is not properly recycled.  

There is a great deal of investment in awareness campaigns such as "TransforMAR", but also in research and development projects such as "Bandeiras Verdes".

Take-back

Take-back

This means that each Portuguese delivered to the recycling containers

48 kg
Per capita weight
Collection is organized into three main types of packaging.
27 177 tons
Paper and cardboard
2 639
g/inhabitant
2 639
cereal boxes/100 inhabitants
12 525 tons
Glass
1 216
g/inhabitant
312
75cl bottles/100 inhabitants
19 992 tons
Plastic, metal and ECAL
1 942
g/per inhabitant
5 803
75cl bottles/100 inhabitants

Take-back

Evolution in take-back over the years

Treatment and Recycling

Treatment and Recycling

After sorting by category of material, the used packaging were taken back and sent to recyclers. Packaging recycling processes make it possible to recover materials that will be used as raw materials. 

66%
Take-back Rate

Treatment and Recycling

Take-back Rate
By type of packaging

Glass
Category 1
Glass
Reciclagem
60%
Papper and cardboard
Category 2
Papper and cardboard
Reciclagem
76%
Plastic
Category 3
Plastic
Reciclagem
55%
Metal
Category 4
Metal
Reciclagem
53%
Wood
Category 5
Wood
Reciclagem
21%

Tratamento e Reciclagem

Materiais Reciclados

Depois de triadas por material, as embalagens são submetidas a um conjunto de operações que permitem recuperar os materiais que as constituem e que podem ser incoporados em novos produtos.

Os materiais recuperados são, por exemplo:

Papper
Cardboard
Steel
Aluminum
Wood
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