U-SOLVE and URBiNAT: an opportunity to share solutions to urban and social challenges inspired and supported by the environment

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Office of the Cyprus Institute (CyI),partner of U-SOLVE introduced the project to

31 October 2021 - 13:45

COMMON project: the Jellyfish robot strikes again

The COMMON project in Tunisia, thanks to its staff at the Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), once again demonstrates the formidable efficiency of the 'Jellyfish robot', a small flo

28 October 2021 - 16:40

STAND Up! - Circular to win, a start-up upcycling post-consume textile material to create bags

'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.

27 October 2021 - 13:14

STAND Up! - InfiniteAthletic, a project creating unity by joining tennis and sustainability

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.

27 October 2021 - 13:29

STAND Up! - Resportive, a project creating a new material from post-consume textiles

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.

27 October 2021 - 13:38

CRE@CTIVE partner in Spain classifying fibre using near-infrared for recycling textiles!

One of the main challenges facing the textile sector today is recycling.

 

19 October 2021 - 17:01

DECOST 5th newsletter focuses on new waste management system in Jordan and Palestine

After the oficial starting of the DECOST pilot activity in Jordan and Palestine, this newsletter is mainly focused in the dissemination activities that the DECOST local teams are implementing in both sites. You will see that, as was done in the spanish pilot, the local teams have tried to involve and engage a wide range of stakeholders in the activities. 

 

Find it here, and subscribe to know more!

 

 

22 October 2021 - 15:11

AQUACYCLE at the basis of a Master of Science degree in Tunisia

Ms Mariem Doggui from the Franco-Tunisian University for Africa and the Mediterranean successfully presented her master's degree dissertation entitled “Development of a GIS-based modeling approach for potential sites’ identific

25 October 2021 - 18:24

MED4EBM takes part in the 2021 Clean Up the World Campaign in Aqaba, Jordan

Activities of Clean up the World Campaign 2021 have been launched in Aqaba for the 28th year in a row under the patronage of HRH Princess Basma Bent Ali.

27 October 2021 - 11:54

[MEDISS] A new vision and strategy to face growing water stress and water-related hazards

MEDISS project adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as the theoretical and practical framework during the indicators' selection process and data collection.

27 October 2021 - 11:27
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