Sorting units are facilities with specific equipment that ensure the mechanical and manual separation of all materials received that have been selectively collected from the population.

Separation by various types of material allows the various materials to be sent to the recycling industry with the necessary quality requirements.

In this way, recyclable materials separated by the population and placed in recycling bins in Abrantes, Alter do Chão, Arronches, Avis, Campo Maior, Castelo Branco, Castelo de Vide, Crato, Elvas, Fronteira, Gavião, Idanha-a-Nova, Mação, Marvão, Monforte, Nisa, Oleiros, Ponte de Sôr, Portalegre, Proença-a-Nova, Sardoal, Sertã, Sousel, Vila de Rei and Vila Velha de Rodão, will be transformed into new products in the future.