ZERO DESPERDÍCIO was born out of a citizens' movement when, in the midst of the economic and social crisis, huge quantities of end-of-life meals and food were deposited in waste containers, usually in unsorted waste containers, which could have been recovered for human consumption or, if not possible for human consumption, for animal consumption or composting. It was with this ambition that the partnership with CMCascais was established on 24 October 2012, with the aim of directing surplus food produced in the municipality (industry, commerce and consumption) to charitable institutions, keeping these surpluses in their life cycle. The partnership was renewed with the distribution of more than 5,000 copies of the Zero Waste book collection aimed at young people. In 2021, with the Nova Business School, we began the fight against textile waste through awareness-raising and collection actions.