Best practices in achieving waste reduction in the Mediterranean

This web site or ‘repository’ aims to promote waste reduction and circular economy across the waste management chain in the Mediterranean region. The cases included were selected out of many from different countries of the region via a stakeholder consultation to identify best practices. They are of varying scale and type from which a lot can be learned and that could inspire more actions to substantially reduce waste generation by 2030 through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.

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The inclusion of the informal sector in the Oum Azza Landfill: the Attawafouk cooperative

recycling

Single-use plastic ban by the Red Sea Governorate

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Implementing source separation and recycling in Lebanese municipalities with the support of the NGO “Arc-en-Ciel”

re-use recycling

“Clean Beaches” programme and Blue Flag label for well-managed beaches to prevent littering

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Eco-Lef: a national system for the recovery and recycling of post-consumer packaging that focuses on plastic waste

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Prevention of plastic bags: a ban on single-use plastic bags, and the Zero Mika Initiative in Morocco

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Landfill and incineration tax with a refund criterion to boost source separation of biowaste

recycling

Fee modulation in the French Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for WEEE to promote re-use and recycling

re-use recycling

A local NGO implementing an integrated waste management system in the cities of Hurghada and Marsa Alam, Egypt

recycling

Single-use plastics – Not in my Sea!

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La Brocante, a re-use centre for furniture and household items in Damour, Lebanon

re-use recycling

Community composting to manage 100% of biowaste in a rural area of Spain

recycling

Live, love, recycle initiative: an on-demand collection scheme

recycling

Climate and resource protection through circular economy in Jordan

recycling

Ekogeste, a digital collection service connecting waste producers with waste collectors

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Sorting and recycling system in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan

recycling

Improvement of waste collection and treatment in Mascara, Mostaganem, and Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

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Green Chip, apprenticeship training program and e-waste management

re-use

Tunisie Recyclage, a selective collection service developed by a local NGO

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Verynile initiative – Preventing marine litter and littering

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The UfM and the WES project have co-funded the development of this website.
UNEP/MAP supports the implementation of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD) 2016-2025.
The ‘Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Neighborhood South Region’ project is led by LDK Consultants Global EEIG.
Consortium partners ACR+, MIO-ECSDE and LDK Consultants developed the presented case studies.

The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of the authors. The donor agencies are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information this website contains.