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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Algar
Friday, May 29, 2026
ALGAR brings environmental education to over 3,500 pupils during Children and the Environment Week in Olhão
ALGAR will be taking part in the 19th edition of Children and the Environment Week, organised by the Municipality of Olhão, with the aim of raising awareness among younger generations of the importance of proper waste management, recycling and adopting sustainable behaviours. The initiative will take place on 28 and 29 May and 1, 2 and 3 June, under the theme “Growing Up and Caring for the Climate to Change”. The initiative involves all the nursery schools and primary school classes in the municipality, bringing together around 3,500 children, with the aim of marking World Children’s Day and World Environment Day through a series of awareness-raising and environmental education activities.
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Algar
Friday, May 15, 2026
Algar is donating €50,000 to charities as part of the ‘Tonnes of Help’ campaign
On World Recycling Day, celebrated on May 17th, we remember that every gesture counts and every choice matters. Therefore, we highlight the Tons of Help campaign, a solidarity initiative that combines recycling with social responsibility, which made it possible to grant more than €50,000 to social solidarity institutions last year, in the form of financial compensation for recyclable material delivered to Algar's facilities. These amounts positively impacted approximately 18,000 people through the support provided by 120 institutions that participated in the campaign. The EGF Tons of Help campaign is aimed at social and non-profit institutions in Portugal and is available in Algar's area of ​​operation, regionally, and in approximately 60% of the national territory, through the 11 concessionary companies of the EGF group. 522 tons of waste sent for recycling Throughout 2025, the institutions that participated in this campaign sent 522 tons of packaging for recycling: 511 tons of paper/cardboard, 7 tons of plastic/metal, and 4 tons of glass. Each entity receives monetary compensation, depending on the quantity and flow of material delivered to the EGF companies' facilities.
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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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