RGGR
Published 8 November 2026, 20:40
RGGR — Regime Geral de Gestão de Resíduos (general waste management regime)
The law that governs all waste in Portugal: who is responsible for it, what the town must collect and what producers must dispose of themselves, how recycling is counted and how much is paid for landfill. It is Decreto-Lei n.º 102-D/2020 of 10 December; it was corrected by Declaração de Retificação n.º 3/2021 and amended by parliament through Lei n.º 52/2021 of 10 August.
Where you come across it. Municipal regulations on rubbish collection and street cleaning refer to it; it is also cited when explaining why someone has to pay for collection.
This is where the 1,100-litre rule comes from: as a public service, the town collects rubbish from homes, and similar rubbish from any business producing less than 1,100 litres a day. Anyone producing more arranges collection themselves.
Official website: apambiente.pt/residuos/regime-geral-de-gestao-de-residuos