Government delays blamed for millions of drinks cartons not being recycled By TPN/Lusa, in News · 25-06-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Environmental organisations have stated that the government is responsible for four million drinks containers being thrown away every day without being recycled in Portugal.
The claims are being made in relation to the delay in bringing in a deposit system, however the Environment minister, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, has said that the system will be in place by the end of the year.
“The situation harms both the country and the circular economy”, said the Sciaena association, focused on promoting the improvement of the marine environment, Zero and ANP/WWF (Associação Natureza Portugal, which represents the international World Wide Fund for Nature in Portugal) in a statement.
Shockingly, approximately 30 percent of what is annually produced by Portuguese farmers is thrown away, despite being good quality, simply because of aesthetics.
€8.3 million investment in alternative energy By PA/TPN, in Business, Economy · 30-04-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Fourteen companies and nine research centres are to invest €8.3 million in “Batteries 2030”, a project led by a company from Braga that intends to create alternative ways to generate, store and distribute electricity.
In a statement, the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) states that “the most visible face” of the initiative will be the construction of a living laboratory, in the centre of Braga, with the support of the municipality, to demonstrate how the batteries are going to be decisive in the electricity grids of the near future.
Portugal and Ireland working together swimmingly By TPN/Lusa, in Business, Sustainability · 23-04-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Dublin sees Lisbon as a leader in going green, and not just considering Lisbon was named the Green Capital of Europe last year.
During the IPBN’s Sustainability Conference, special guest Barry Andrews, MEP, told attendees that Lisbon demonstrates how a city should be forward-thinking when it comes to going green and hitting the EU Council’s aggressive climate targets by 2030, especially when it comes to energy.
According to the Ireland Portugal Business Network, Andrews also sees the maritime agenda as something that Ireland and Portugal will be working on closely together in the future.