At ALGAR, we contribute to sustainability by transforming waste into resources and investing in innovation and cutting-edge technology, with a commitment to increasingly efficient and responsible waste management.
More than just valuing waste, EGF values people's quality of life.

Ensure the most sustainable use of waste in its various areas of activity, ensuring high environmental standards, exemplary social practices and value creation, positioning the company as a beacon of innovation and an environmental benchmark.
Where does my waste go?

See how waste becomes a resource. Discover the virtual tours – from waste to resources, an innovative technological project that allows the public to learn how the 169 urban waste treatment and recovery units, distributed among 11 companies, work.

 
If you care about the environment, you call.

When we think about recycling, many questions arise for which we do not always have immediate answers. The EGF Group has a new service that will help clarify various issues.

The Recycling Hotline is a PUBLIC, FREE, NATIONAL service that was created to provide effective responses to citizens, namely to answer questions, requests for information, suggestions, complaints, compliments, and service requests related to the collection and treatment of urban waste.
Environmental Education

The campaigns – Ecovalor, Toneladas de Ajuda, EcoEventos, EcoPraias and Mercado a Reciclar – enable us to reach various audiences and challenge citizens to recycle everything, always and everywhere. In all of them, it is possible to quantify the packaging recycled and measure results.

Discover them on the Environmental Education page.

Valuing the environment means caring for the future.
Environmental Education
Selective collection increased by 5% in 2025
For EGF and the Mota-Engil Group, sustainability is the concept that underpins economic, social and environmental principles.
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EGF
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Biowaste increases by 14% at EGF and strengthens the circular economy
Selective collection maintains positive trend and energy produced from waste exceeds 500 GWh. EGF, the leader in urban waste treatment and recovery in Portugal, recorded significant progress in its main operational indicators in 2025, particularly in the treatment and recovery of biowaste and selective collection, reinforcing its commitment to environmental sustainability, innovation and operational efficiency.
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Algar
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Notice – Possible Restrictions on Waste Disposal (11-12-2025)
Please be advised that, due to the general strike scheduled for 11 December 2025, there may be occasional disruptions to the reception and unloading of waste at our facilities throughout the day.
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Algar
Sunday, November 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
The Mota-Engil Group is deeply saddened to announce that António Mota, the Group's long-standing leader who served as its chairman for more than 27 years, from 1995 to January 2023, passed away this morning in the city of Porto. Today we bid farewell to an extraordinary man, a visionary entrepreneur who leaves behind a unique legacy, known for his humanistic spirit and solidarity with society, and the mark he left on everyone who knew him.
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