Tropa Verde

Rewarding recycling

Edited on 24/07/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

Closed
  • Transfer Network
  • Circular economy
  • Digital transition
  • Participation

Tropa Verde is a Transfer network to encourage environmentally responsible behaviour that empowers citizens to reuse and recycle. Combining web platform and low cost campaigns, it is considered as a "civic movement fully committed to sustainability and circular economy". Citizens get vouchers and exchange them for rewards from the City Council and local retailers. It connects places where disposing waste (green points, civic and social centres, etc.) with local businesses providing gifts or discounts.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Santiago De Compostela - Spain
  • Dimos Pavlou Mela - Greece
  • Guimarães - Portugal
  • Opole Agglomeration - Poland
  • Urban Community Nice Cote D'azur - France
  • Zugló - Hungary

Timeline

Kick-off meeting

Final Conference

 

Municipality of Santiago de Compostela

CONTACT US

Articles

  • Articles

    An Urban Biodiversity Guidebook for cities to transform their relationship with nature

    The BiodiverCity URBACT Action Planning Network (community-based approaches to foster urban biodiversity and nature-based solutions) has published its Network Result Product. From sustainable urban

  • News

    Biodivercity IAP interview #2 Guimarães

    As our project is coming to an end and nearly all the IAPs have been completed, we are launching an engaging post series to showcase interviews with our partners. Find below the secind interview from

  • ISI ULG meeting

    Stakeholder engagement for humanizing metaverse: some useful lessons from METACITY

    Technologic development rarely makes headlines, as it usually advances outside the everyday current affairs of our societies. Nevertheless, the emergence of immersive technologies is sparking