Electrical Equipment
Packaging
Batteries
2023: a positive year for recycling
Electrão has continued to work alongside companies and citizens to recycle more and better.
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Message from the CEO
Pedro Nazareth
The year 2023 was marked by the unpredictability generated by the announcement of a series of national and European changes, with major impacts on the three recycling systems in which Electrão participates: packaging, batteries and used electrical equipment.
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Message from the director-general of electrics and batteries
Ricardo Furtado
2023 was an outstanding year for the recycling of electrical equipment in Portugal. Electrão selectively collected and sent more than 27,000 tons of this waste for treatment. This is the best result in recent years and represents an increase of 16% compared to 2022, with 3,800 more tons collected.
January
Electrão extends Porta-a-Porta to the municipality of Almada
February
Closing ceremony of the campaign “Quartel Electrão”, that gave 260K€ in prizes to the firefighters
March
SIMAR and Electrão launch the Porta-a-Porta project in the municipalities of Loures and Odivelas
April
Closing session of the "Todos pelo IPO" campaign, in which were raised 37 thousand of euros, to support the Lisbon IPO
Algar was the winner of the first edition of the contest launched by Electrão to distinguish awareness campaigns
June
Electrão joined S.L. Benfica in environmental awareness actions
July
The awards for the 2nd edition of the “Movimento Faz Pelo Planeta By Electrão” were handed out in a session that took place at Monsantos Open Air.
August
Launch of the 2nd edition of the "Todos Pelo IPO" initiative
September
Launch of the new "Electrão Open Day" project with a visit to Veolia's Waste Operating Center in Loures
October
Launch of the "Ondedoar.pt" platform that brings together companies and IPSS for a world without waste
November
Promotion of another edition of Repair Café Lisboa on "Repairing small household appliances"
December
Electrão promoted a pilot project in two parishes in Lisbon to assess the recycling potential of the waste that is placed in litter bins and collected during manual sweeping. 22 tons of waste were collected
Results
RECYCLING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
In 2023, Electrão surpassed all the results.
We have worked, on a daily basis, to get closer to the population and our members. We invested in fighting the challenges of the sector and increased the recycling rates of waste electrical equipment, batteries and packaging.
Packaging
Batteries
Communication and Awareness
Campaigns
Recycling starts with the action of each one of us. Raising awareness and educating are part of Electrão's core work. Electrão promotes a lot of campaigns for different targets, with the intention of getting to the community, and show people the needs of adopting conscious lifestyles and to correctly send waste for recycling.
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Media
Electrão has been featured in various print and digital media. We've been on television, radio, magazines and newspapers to tell the stories of our activity, our campaigns and the most important milestones we've reached during this year, 2023. We also took advantage of some opportunities to reinforce our message, talk about the sector and raise awareness of the need to recycle.
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Social networks
Electrão's online presence reflects a lot about its activity. It's through Linkedin, Facebook and Instagram that it gets closer to citizens on a daily basis, answers questions immediately, communicates the latest campaign news, clarifies doubts about recycling and shares small and large tips for a more sustainable life.
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ORGANIZATION
Governance and Associates
Electrão has a group of Associates, a Board of Directors, an Executive Committee, a General Assembly, a Fiscal Council and a team with more than 25 employees dedicated to the areas necessary for the management of used packaging, used batteries and used electrical equipment.
Human Resources / Internal Communication
Learn about Electrão's structure, the indicators that represent the association and the programs developed for the team.
Social Responsability
Electrão continued its charitable mission and supported several institutions, through campaigns and specific volunteer actions, in 2023.
Challenges of 2023
Electrão focuses on increasing glass waste collection
Challenges of 2023
Betting on the management of dangerous plastics from recycling
Challenges of 2023
Recovering used electrical equipment from metal scrap
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Find out which topics and trends will be in the spotlight in 2024.
At Electrão we are always looking to the future to predict trends, anticipate challenges and create new solutions to improve the delivery, routing, and treatment of the waste streams we manage.