We are a waste management entity
As a management entity, we take on the responsibility of producers, importers or packagers for the end-of-life of the products they place on the market, ensuring their selective collection, sorting, transport, treatment and recovery. We support companies in complying with their legal obligations and in all stages of the transition to a more circular economy.
Our activity is centred on the innovative and efficient management of resources in the collection of waste, its correct forwarding for treatment, raising public awareness to prevent consumption and the production of waste, and encouraging reuse and recycling practices.
Electrão's history
We began our activity in 2005 with the management of used electrical equipment, to which batteries and used packaging were added.
2005
Electrão, Portugal's first electrical waste management entity, is founded
2006
Electrão obtains a licence to manage used electrical equipment
2010
Electrão starts managing used batteries and accumulators
2017
Electrão starts managing used packaging
2024
Electrão's licences to manage the three waste streams are renewed
What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
It is a strategy developed to integrate the environmental costs associated with goods/products throughout their life cycle into their market value. It determines that the producer, importer or packager is responsible, in whole or in part, physically or financially, for the environmental impacts and the generation of waste resulting from the production process and the subsequent use of the respective equipment, as well as for its management when it reaches the end of its life.