Consumers “not yet being charged for wafer thin plastic bags”
Charges ‘should be sorted by end March’, says environment ministry With goods and services almost across the board increasing in price as of January 1, one new ‘tax’ has not
Environmental association Zero calls for targets to reduce single-use packaging
Portuguese environmental non-governmental association Zero on Sunday called for specific targets under the National Strategy for the Sea in a bid to reduce packaging waste. Zero also lamented that the
Pioneering company launches ocean plastic household range
A Portuguese family company has become a market leader in producing kitchen and household cleaning accessories made from a high percentage of recycled ocean plastic. Fapil has launched an innovative
Algarve youth shine spotlight on marine plastic pollution
High school students and scouts from across the Algarve have contributed to an exhibition highlighting the impact of marine plastic pollution which will be on display at MAR Shopping Algarve
Flimsy plastic bags for fruit, veg and bread to be outlawed by 2020
Parliament has approved a bill to ban all ‘light plastic bags’ used for the purposes of selling fruit, vegetables and bread. The bill, proposed by the Greens and backed unanimously,