Ambisousa - Intermunicipal Solid Waste Treatment and Management Company, EIM treats Urban Solid Waste (MSW) from the entire population of Vale do Sousa.

It operates the two landfills where the urban solid waste produced is sent. The selective waste is sent to the Packaging Waste Management Entities: Sociedade Ponto Verde, Novo Verde and Eletrão, after sorting carried out in two units, the result of the selective collection of its entire population, estimated at around 333,081 inhabitants.

Ambisousa covers the geographic area of ​​Vale do Sousa and serves a group of six municipalities: Castelo de Paiva, Felgueiras, Lousada, Paços de Ferreira, Paredes and Penafiel.

mission and values

The company's mission is:

Carry out the treatment of urban solid waste in the geographical area of ​​the Municipalities that make up the Urban Community of Vale do Sousa (Castelo de Paiva, Felgueiras, Lousada, Paços de Ferreira, Paredes, and Penafiel).

Promote the necessary studies aimed at applying new technologies and methods for treating and using solid waste.

Ensure adequate routing of recycled material from selective collection.

Expand the selective collection network, increasing the number of necessary ecopoints, in order to quickly achieve community objectives in this matter.

Continuously improve procedures, establishing competitive objectives that lead to achieving high levels of economic and environmental performance and that involve involvement in new projects such as the production of electrical energy from biogas.

Promote staff involvement, encouraging teamwork and raising awareness of the environmental and safety aspects of the activity, ensuring the most appropriate working conditions.

Make the company known to the outside world, raising awareness in the Vale do Sousa Community about the issues of urban solid waste management, so that behaviors evolve in an environmentally sustainable direction.