At Cidade do Rock, recycling also takes centre stage Valorsul returns to Rock in Rio in 2026 with an initiative that brings together music, urban art and recycling, as part of the “Together we make the impossible happen” campaign. This reinforces the commitment to sustainability at major events, in keeping with the spirit of the festival, showing that, when everyone gets involved, recycling can also be part of the show. In an atmosphere that celebrates sharing, creativity and the involvement of thousands of people, Valorsul invites festival-goers to join this collective effort, demonstrating that small individual choices can translate into positive impacts on the scale of the entire event.

The campaign kicked off on Saturday at Lourinhã Market, attended by António Gomes, a councillor on Lourinhã Municipal Council, and Armando Militão, Valorsul’s managing director. Valorsul has just launched the environmental awareness campaign “Mercado a Reciclar” in the municipality of Lourinhã, in partnership with the Town Council, with the aim of encouraging market traders and visitors to sort recyclable waste correctly within the market environment, thereby promoting its delivery for recycling.

The digitisation project at the Lumiar Sorting Centre has won first prize in the Digital Transformation in Sustainability category. Valorsul was honoured at the National Sustainability Awards, organised by Jornal de Negócios, with the 1st Prize in the Digital Transformation in Sustainability category for its digitisation project at the Lumiar Sorting Centre in Lisbon.

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, through which it was possible to allocate more than €920,000 to social solidarity institutions last year, in the form of financial compensation for recyclable material delivered to EGF companies. These amounts positively impacted approximately 85,000 people through the support provided by 538 institutions that participated in the campaign. The Tons of Help campaign is aimed at social and non-profit institutions in Portugal and is available in the EGF's area of ​​operation, through its 11 concessionary companies, covering approximately 60% of the national territory.

Valorsul, a leading waste management company in Portugal, is set to take a significant step towards modernising its operations with the implementation of an artificial intelligence system developed by Greyparrot, a company specialising in automated waste analysis solutions and one of the winners of the first edition of Open Innovation Valorsul 2024. The new technology will enable real-time monitoring of the composition of materials entering the sorting station, driving continuous improvement in results and increased operational efficiency. The aim is to enhance the capacity for recycling packaging, reducing the volume of waste sent for energy recovery. To this end, Valorsul is testing automated solutions based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that will overcome current limitations and increase the accuracy and speed of processes. The Greyparrot Waste Intelligence system combines highly robust cameras installed above the conveyor belts with proprietary software capable of identifying and quantifying 111 material classes at high speed. At Valorsul, the equipment will be installed at strategic points – material intake, the PET product line and the rejects line – providing unprecedented operational visibility.

The municipality of Alter do Chão, part of the Urban Waste Management System run by Valnor, a company of the EGF Group, has been consolidating the selective collection of bio-waste as a fundamental pillar of its sustainable waste management strategy, recording consistent growth since the service was first implemented in November 2023, and has already become a national benchmark. In the first year, the monthly average stood at 4 tonnes of bio-waste collected. In 2024, this figure rose to an average of 19 tonnes per month, climbing to 26 tonnes in 2025 and reaching, by 2026, an average of 27 tonnes per month, representing a 42% increase over two years.