MED-InA general objective is to contribute to guarantee a healthy living environment for Mediteranean cities and comunities based on:
- Developing and rolling out a methodology for a “Zero Waste” policy that galvanizes citizen-centered waste reduction, reuse, and recycling in Mediterranean Basin Cities;
- Reducing municipal waste generation and limiting the quantity of waste sent to landfill and/or incinerated;
- Capturing information and resources for circular leveraging through entrepreneurial coopetition
Expected results are shown below:
- 1 decision support tool on Zero Waste public policies
- 3 Integrated Municipal Waste Management Plans including both organic and plastic waste sorting and treatment solutions
- 3 capacity-building plans and training programs for municipal staffs and elected members
- 15 local awareness-raising campaigns on the Zero Waste approach
- 3,000 households using new services and equipment for sorting at source, recycling, reusing and composting
- 12 startups selected and supported to create businesses in the circular economy sector
- 2,400 low-cost equipment and services set up for sorting at source and implementing decentralized composting