EGI – Waste Management Lda

EGI – Waste Management Lda, provides an integrated set of services dedicated to alternative energies and support, mainly to public and private entities, in environmental qualification, using energy recovery.

The issue of used cooking oils (UCO), in legal terms, is presented by the provisions of Decree-Law no. 267/2009, of 29 September, which establishes the legal regime for the management of UCO produced by the industrial and hotel sectors and catering (HoReCa) and in the domestic sector.

The Decree-Law creates, above all, a set of standards that aim at both the implementation of selective collection circuits, their correct transportation, treatment and recovery by operators duly licensed for that purpose, and the traceability and quantification of UCO. Special focus is given to the collection of UCO in the domestic sector, giving an important role to Municipalities and establishing concrete objectives for the creation of municipal selective collection networks. This orientation makes it possible to enhance synergies between the collection of UCO and other waste streams from the domestic and HoReCa sectors.

Currently, collection is mainly carried out in the domestic sector, using orange recycling bins (commonly known as oleões or eco-óleos) in large commercial areas, in public areas such as recycling bins and in some protected locations (Parish Councils, communities, fire departments , condominiums, schools, among others), strategically located and close to high-frequency recycling points, with variable unit capacities.

At the moment, EGI operates in the Municipality of Marco de Canaveses, Municipality of Ovar, Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Municipality of Vale de Cambra, Municipality of Vizela, Municipality of Felgueiras, Municipality of Mealhada, Municipality of Penafiel.

In the 8 Municipalities associated with Lipor in the Private and Horeca network (Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Porto, Póvoa de Varzim, Valongo and Vila do Conde),

 It also provides equipment for the selective collection of UCO in Sonae stores (Modelo and Continente) in the North Zone.