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The Portuguese sent a total of 460,285 tons of packaging for recycling in 2023, which is practically stagnant compared to the same period last year. As a result, if the…
This Monday, the environmental association Zero released the conclusions of the new report drawn up as part of the European project ‘LIFE Together 1.5’. Aligning the European Union with the…
The National Maritime Authority (AMN) has activated the Mar Limpo plan due to the tiny plastic particles that have washed ashore in Spain and has removed around 400 ‘pellets’ from…
Construction will be completed by the end of 2026. A “great opportunity” for the Alto Alentejo, with the same importance for the region as the Alqueva project had for the…
The government is considering reducing water pressure and suspending second meters to reduce water consumption in the Algarve, the environment minister announced, acknowledging that the situation in the region is…
The Drought Commission will meet next week. The rehabilitation of boreholes and the use of “small mobile desalination plants” could be measures to be adopted in agricultural terms in the…
The resolution creating the Algarve Marine Natural Park – Pedra do Valado, in an area of nearly 156 square kilometers covering the coasts of Albufeira, Lagoa and Silves, was published…
Renewable production supplied 61% of Portugal’s electricity consumption in 2023, amounting to 31.2 Terawatt-hours (TWh), the highest figure ever in the national system, according to data from REN released on…
Beneath the exhausted dams, the dried-up irrigation channels and the citrus and avocado orchards, rivers and streams flow that form considerable bodies of water stored between the rocks. The Algarve…
Water produced by the future desalination plant in the Algarve will be almost equal to that lost in the supply, says Associação Zero. The amount of water produced by the…