The “Recycle and Win” school competition, part of Algar’s Ecovalor Programme, achieved record results in the 2025/2026 academic year, with the 190 schools and 13,058 pupils taking part in this edition sending more than 1,191 tonnes of recyclable packaging for recovery. Compared with the previous academic year, overall growth stood at around 12 per cent, reflecting the strong commitment of the Algarve’s educational community to recycling and the correct separation of waste. During the 2025/2026 academic year, participating schools handed in 373 tonnes of glass, 447 tonnes of paper and cardboard, and 371 tonnes of plastic and metal. In total, 125 tonnes more recyclable packaging was recovered than in the previous academic year.

During this summer period, the increase in population and tourist activity in the Algarve also translates into greater waste production. To meet this challenge, Algar and municipal teams are making an additional effort, with more people and resources on the ground, reinforcing collection, cleaning and sanitation operations. But this is an effort that requires everyone's collaboration: correctly separating waste and placing it in the appropriate containers are essential steps to keep the region cleaner and more sustainable. In this context, Algar has an ongoing operational reinforcement for the summer of 2026, with the aim of responding to the significant increase in the production of recyclable waste associated with the bathing season, seasonal and population growth, and the increase in economic and tourist activity.

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.

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.

There are goals that seem impossible until everyone starts achieving them. It is from this idea that “Together We Make the Impossible” was born, EGF's new communication concept for 2026, developed in partnership with White Way. More than a campaign, this concept is a permanent invitation to everyone's participation: citizens, municipalities, partners, companies, schools, and communities. An invitation to recycle more, separate better, and look at small daily gestures as part of a larger mission: building a more sustainable future for the country and the planet. In a sector undergoing profound transformation, marked by increasingly demanding environmental goals and the need to accelerate the transition to a more circular economy, EGF reinforces its commitment to closer, more positive, and mobilizing communication. Through its 11 dealerships, present from north to south of the country, the company wants to make sustainability clearer, more human, and more present in people's real lives. The creative concept stems from a simple and powerful paradox: the impossible begins when everyone does their part. Separating packaging, recycling a bottle, placing waste in the correct recycling bin, or participating in an environmental initiative may seem like a small gesture. But when multiplied by thousands of people, this gesture gains scale, generates impact, and brings the country closer to its environmental goals.

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.