'Circular to win' is a circular fashion project that was selected together with 40 other entrepreneurs to receive support from training sessions conducted by TEXFOR.

They give job opportunities to women at risk of poverty by upcycling post-industrial and post-consume textile materials to transform them into bags, laptop cases and pursues.

InfiniteAthletic is a start-up born in 2020 with the aim of recycling the ropes from tennis rackets and produce tennis sportwear.

With this idea they join sport and sustainability. They were one of the ideas selected by TEXFOR to join the training sessions and received further support to develop their green business model.

All the pick-up process from discarded ropes is done using an electrical vehicle and done by people at risk of poverty.

Resportive was born with the intention of creating a new material to make industrial sectors that generate textile waste, responsible for them.

The product is made using 100% post-consume material and post-consume medical waste.

It's one of the 40 projects selected to receive support through the training sessions in Spain, conducted by TEXFOR.

Dr Munir Al-Rusan, from the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) - partner in the DECOST project - explains essential concepts about composting.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an arid to semi-arid country. Water resources depend on variable rainfall and therefore are characterized by scarcity, variability, and uncertainty: Jordan is therefore ranked fourth poorest country with regard to water resources worldwide.

The largest water consume is prior taken from Agriculture, taking about 70 % of the national water budget. The use of treated waste water for irrigation is a national objective to double the utilization of treated waste water to 15 Million m³ by 2035.

Lebamoz produces natural fibers and fabrics from banana pseudostems with a very low carbon footprint. Partnering with Lebanese banana farmers and loom operators to collect and process banana fibers, these will be spun into yarn and then either sold as they are or woven into fabric.

STAND Up! has selected 4 circular fashion start-ups in Lebanon to scale and move to the incubation phase. Lebamoz is one of the start-ups selected which will receive additional business and financial support to become more competitive and seize business opportunities in the Mediterranean.

Did you miss ENI CBC Med Programme webinar for World Tourism Day? You can watch it again and discover what MedArtSal sub-granted salinas in Lebanon are planning to improve sustainable tourism activities. 

Naem Mazahrih (National Agricultural Research Cente - NARC - Jordan) for MENAWARA project participates in the webinar "SDG-30 vs COVID-19: Opportunities from combating desertification" organized by Desertification Research Centre, University of Sassari and Asinara National Park, Italy.

On the occasion of the fifth Arab Water Forum (Dubai, 21-23 September 2021) MENAWARA project organized the panel on "Water Security in Mediterranean Region: Sustainable water Reuse Strategies in Agriculture: the strengthening of water governance through innovative actions and technological solutions for the sustainable use of unconventional water.

During the panel, a video on the project was shown.

Public awarenes activity in the municipalities Anabta and Kufr Rumman, Palestine, with representatives from schools. Schools and young people will be a key element to disseminate the pilot action of the DECOST project in this towns, and to ensure the implication of the citizens in the success of the new waste model for organic waste based in community composting.