Over the past 12 months, partners from six countries have worked together to map needs and solutions, engage stakeholders, and advance the development of decentralised composting, Industrial Symbiosis and an AI-supported food waste app.
🎉 MEDWISE is celebrating its first year!
Over the past 12 months, partners from Italy, Spain, Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Palestine have been working together to turn organic waste and underused resources into new opportunities for a more circular, resource-efficient and sustainable Mediterranean.
This first year has been an important phase of knowledge building, cooperation and preparation for action.
Across the six participating countries, MEDWISE partners have mapped existing solutions, local needs and implementation barriers, creating a common knowledge base to support the next project activities. At the same time, the project has started bringing together businesses, researchers, public authorities and other stakeholders through its Community of Practice, encouraging exchange of experiences and the co-development of solutions adapted to different Mediterranean contexts.
Important progress has also been made on the three main MEDWISE solutions. Work is advancing on decentralised composting, on Industrial Symbiosis approaches aimed at connecting organisations and promoting resource exchanges, and on an AI-supported app designed to help prevent food waste and improve separate collection. The first app functionalities have been defined, stakeholders have been involved in co-design activities, and technical and experimental work is preparing the ground for the future pilots.
Throughout the year, MEDWISE has also taken part in scientific, networking and public events, sharing its approach and strengthening connections with other initiatives working on circular economy, sustainability and resource efficiency across the Mediterranean.
But this is only the beginning.
In the coming months, the project will move further towards testing and real-world implementation, with pilot activities, new stakeholder involvement and further opportunities to transform the knowledge generated so far into practical solutions.
💙💚 Happy first anniversary, MEDWISE!
Follow our progress and stay tuned: the next chapter of the MEDWISE journey is already taking shape.
Last Update
07/08/2026
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