Loulé Town Council joined the Zero Waste Movement on 21 November 2014 by formalising a collaboration protocol with Dar i Acordar. The Movement aims to promote and contribute to the recovery and donation of surpluses in general, and food surpluses in particular. With specific regard to the utilisation of food resources and goods, the aim of the activity is to make use of surplus food that is in perfect condition for consumption by any public or private entity, with the sole purpose of providing for pressing social needs that affect needy social groups. In this way, the Zero Waste Movement is seen as a complement to the responses that already exist in the Municipality of Loulé and also aims to redistribute, reduce and recycle surplus food in the Municipality. The Zero Waste Movement imposes an attitude of citizenship that can be fostered locally through concerted action with the municipality's formal and informal social network. LOULÉ CANNOT GIVE UP and will therefore make every effort to continue this movement in favour of combating food waste.