We went to listen to how Portuguese people sort their waste.
After a one-year campaign encouraging proper recycling under the tagline ‘Let’s Separate the Waste Before our Future is Wasted’, we...
October 21, 2026
Let's separate the waste
Let's separate the waste before our future is wasted
"Let’s separate the waste" is a call to action. A direct, energetic and blunt way of saying that the problem of the waste we produce in our homes cannot be solved alone. The campaign represents a movement in which each person, institution or community is called upon to participate by taking an active role in reducing, reusing and recycling their waste.
This campaign aims to ensure that waste separation becomes a natural, daily and conscious gesture on the part of every citizen. It represents the start of a change in behaviour on everyone's part, with benefits for the environment. It highlights the need for commitment on the part of all citizens to assume their leading role in transforming waste into resources.
Separating is caring.
Separating is investing in the future.
Separating is believing in a cleaner, fairer, and more sustainable country.
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Test your knowledge of waste separation.
We've prepared a short quiz with 10 true or false questions to test what you know about sustainability and recycling.
It's quick, simple and may surprise you.
Packaging must be drained and flattened before being placed in the yellow recycling bin.
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Prevention is the first step to avoid the production of waste.
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Putting all your waste in the mixed waste increases the probability of ending in landfill.
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Individual behaviour has no impact on the fight against climate change.
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More than 3 million tonnes of municipal waste end in the landfill.
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Biowaste has little relevance in the waste we produce in our homes.
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The routing of biowaste for recycling helps to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
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Biowaste is the food waste we produce in our homes and garden waste.
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Extract, produce, and dispose of are the principles of circular economy.
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When we separate the biowaste we produce in our homes, we are contributing to the production of natural fertilizers that can be used in our soils.
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Your waste separation is not going well. Try the quiz again to see what you can improve! Good answers, but you can still improve. Take the quiz again and identify where you haven't recycled well. Congratulations, you do a great job sorting waste.
