Every day in Portugal, four-million plastic bottles are wasted every single day, with only 36% of beverage containers returned for recycling. We supported The Trash Traveler, an activist based in Portugal, as he cycled 3,000-km across Portugal, raising awareness and encouraging the public to sign the petition urging the Portuguese government to implement a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). In all, 4,599 bottles and cans were collected along his 55-day route and the campaign’s petition received over 7,000 signatures (as of August 2022). The trip has ended, but the plastics gathered will be displayed as part of an art project and the support raised continues to lobby for DRS.
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Check out the work our other grantee, Oceana, is doing to create a deposit return scheme in Spain
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