The government has approved the Terra+ strategy to address the country's dwindling landfill capacity, describing it as one of the largest investment programs of the decade. While reports on the total investment amount vary between 1.6 billion and 2.3 billion euros, the plan aims to significantly reduce the volume of waste sent to landfills.
New strategy targets national waste management crisis
Friday, 4 September 2026AI summary

4 sources
- “Portugal is running out of space for waste”. Government approves 2.3 billion strategyeco.sapo.pt ·
- Waste strategy to receive 1.6 billion investmentobservador.pt ·
- Government approves 'Terra+' strategy to reduce landfill wastecmjornal.pt ·
- Government to invest €1.6 billion in trying to solve “one of country’s biggest problems”portugalresident.com ·




