Decree-Law no. 46/2008 of 12 March, amended by Decree-Law no. 73/2011, of 17 June, establishes the regime for waste management operations resulting from the construction or demolition of buildings or from collapsing, called Construction and Demolition Waste (RCD), comprising prevention and reuse and its operations of collection, transportation, storage, sorting, treatment, recovery and disposal.
Renasxer collects these materials for recycling in the area of the
city of Lisbon and surroundings, such as Sintra, Cascais, Oeiras and Mafra, as well as in more remote areas such as Torres Vedras, Peniche, Caldas da Rainha, Vila Franca, Santarém and the South Margin, Setúbal, São João da Talha, Póvoa de Santa Iria, Tojal, Alverca and Via Longa.