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Nonprofit · Pickup · Drop-off · Free

Electrão: electrical waste take-back and home collection

The national take-back system for electrical equipment and batteries: over 13,000 drop-off points, plus a free home collection for large appliances across Lisbon.

Right for you if

  • It has a plug or a battery, from a kettle to a fridge.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You cannot move it yourself. They come and collect.
  • You can get it there under your own steam.
  • You want to turn up without booking.

Look elsewhere if

  • It is business waste.

Contact and booking

Phone
800 262 333
Email
Not published
Book online
Booking page
Address
Not published
Opening hours
Not published
Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 18 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

Sources

Part of How to get rid of stuff in Lisbon.

Something wrong here?

Why use it

Electrical waste is the category people most often get wrong, and this is the route built for it. A washing machine or fridge does not have to go anywhere near the street. Book the free collection on 800 262 333 and a team moves it from the flat, storeroom or garage to the van. For anything smaller, ondereciclar.pt maps the nearest drop-off point.

Good for

  • electronics
  • appliances
  • batteries

How it works

How you use it They collect, or you can take it there yourself.
Cost Free. Both the drop-off network and the home collection cost nothing. Electrical take-back is paid for at the point the product was sold.
Booking Drop-off needs no appointment; collection is booked.
Service area Lisboa, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal
Run by Associação Electrão, a nonprofit

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Their pages

    Drop-off needs no appointment; collection is booked.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.

  • Do they answer

    Needs reports

    Not established

    We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    Households only

  • Who it's for

    Their pages

    Households, not businesses.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    18 August 2026

    Checked against the sources listed on this page.

What happens to it

  • Recycled
  • Broken down for materials

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

Tell us what happened

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