Portugal ranks as the fourth country in the European Union for food waste, trailing only Cyprus, Denmark, and Greece, with households generating the largest share of discarded food.
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Maximum temperatures will stay above seasonal averages until Sunday, 1 November, reaching up to 29ºC in the southern region. In the North and Centre, temperatures will be lower, though they may still reach around 20ºC.
The BFF Banking Group, in collaboration with Nova SBE, projects Portugal's economy to grow by 2.3% in 2026, outperforming its own previous forecasts and the European average. While the report highlights record-low unemployment of 5.3% and growth in mortgage lending, it notes rising labor costs due to staff shortages and a 1.9% decline in fixed capital investment as the PRR program concludes.
The municipal waste company Maiambiente plans to expand its door-to-door organic waste collection service to cover the entire municipality of Maia by the start of 2027.