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Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas has formally requested that the government immediately cancel the Volta packaging deposit system. The program, which refunds 10 cents for returned single-use containers, has been criticized by the mayor as an environmental policy that has devolved into an unprecedented social drama for the city's residents.
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas is urging the Portuguese government to abandon the 'Volta' recycling deposit system, citing social issues and urban waste problems, while the government maintains the system is a necessary European obligation.
Leonardo Mathias argues: despite the controversy, Volta is not a political matter. Is action needed? The president of SDR Portugal says yes, but the collaboration of municipalities, such as Albufeira, is necessary.
What is trash to some is, for David, Jorge, António, Maria, and Rasham, often the difference between eating and not eating. Volta has created a new form of income for those experiencing homelessness, but it has also brought conflicts, scattered litter, and machines that do not always work. Between those who collect, those who clean, and those who receive the packaging, this is a portrait of a city where every bottle is worth ten cents.
The mayors of the AML, meeting in the Metropolitan Council, unanimously condemned the “harmful” social and environmental effects of the packaging deposit system.
The municipalities of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) unanimously contested the Volta packaging system today, arguing that it is not working and has harmful social and environmental effects, while advocating for an urgent review.
Opposition to the Deposit and Return System (SDR) has intensified in recent days, with the Mayor of Lisbon even calling for the suspension of the process, which has already prompted a refusal from the Government. It is in this context that Volta's new campaign hits the streets, which...
Moedas suggests that Portugal should emulate France's approach to recycling, but notes that this would require recycling bins to collect over 80% of packaging.
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas has called on the government to immediately scrap Portugal’s Volta bottle and can deposit-return scheme, claiming it has created serious social and urban hygiene problems in The post Lisbon mayor calls for end of Volta recycling scheme appeared first on Portugal Resident.
A recycling and reuse policy “is necessary”, states the Social Democrat Carlos Moedas. But “it should be neither a tax nor a social drama”.
They put money inside the recycling bins and spontaneous order did the rest...
