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 "Vidrados no Ambiente", but also in research and development projects.
This means that each Portuguese delivered to the recycling containers
This means that each Portuguese delivered to the recycling containers
Take-back
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.
Treatment and Recycling
Take-back Rate
By type of packaging
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: