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.
The inclusion of the informal sector in the Oum Azza Landfill: the Attawafouk cooperative
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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”
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“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
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Fee modulation in the French Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for WEEE to promote re-use and recycling
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A local NGO implementing an integrated waste management system in the cities of Hurghada and Marsa Alam, Egypt
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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
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Community composting to manage 100% of biowaste in a rural area of Spain
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Live, love, recycle initiative: an on-demand collection scheme
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Climate and resource protection through circular economy in Jordan
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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
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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
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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.