Implementation of the S-MYCA Scaling MENA Youth for Climate Action project for the provisioning of consulting services to diverse Integrated Solid Waste Management sector stakeholders, including advising the Ministry of Industry of Lebanon, supporting municipal authorities in the design and implementation of waste services and leading technical assistance to private companies handling waste.

ReFuse provided expertise and logistics for awareness raising of 400+ youth in different schools in Keserwan, Lebanon. The team coordinated participatory session for the introduction to integrated solid waste management, organized learning by doing recycling workshops and sorting at source demonstrations.

The SUNNY project reunites 17 partners across 11 countries and is led by the Technical University of Berlin for the promotion of Sustainable Energy Solutions in Displacement Settings. ReFuse is responsible of leading waste characterization, market analysis, development of waste valorization value chains, eco-design parameters for energy technologies. The project is implemented in Humanitarian settings, in refugee camps in Uganda, Rwanda.

ReFuse trained the staff of the International NGO WeWorld-GVC in Lebanon, through a technical masterclass on the interconnection between climate crisis, social issues, economic recovery and solid waste management. The technical training was offered to staff members from country director to field officers, providing technical insights on waste valorization; community behavior change, financial viability, governance, footprint.

ReFuse trained the staff of the Beirut based local NGO Ahla Fawda, providing technical insights on waste valorization; community behavior change, financial viability, governance, environmental footprint. Moreover, ReFuse cofounded the ECOHUB, The Hub for Collaborative Environmental Action in Hamra, a community space promoting waste diversion and active participation.

ReFuse contributed to the technical design of project ةرئاد - Circular Economy for Local Development under a call for proposals by the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development. ReFuse conducted the local data collection and designed the financially viable model for resources valorization and landfilling reduction, with a focus on diverting organic through localized composting and segregating recyclables through the cooperation with existing formal, informal, municipal stakeholders.

ReFuse trained the staff of the Palestinian local NGO Ahlam Lajea, providing technical insights on integrated solid waste management, safety in waste handling, composting to team members of the organization operating a sorting facility. The team directly engaged informal waste collectors and sorting staff – together with the management team – in a technical training including participatory workshops on organic waste valorization and hazards, risks management.

ReFuse designed, set-up, operated, and advocated for recyclables collection points in Beirut, realizing a model of sorting facility in shipping containers capable of handling 24+ categories of secondary raw-materials in dense, underserved neighborhoods. ReFuse cooperated with the Lebanese Ministry of the Environment, the Governor of Beirut, the Municipality of Bourj Hammoud for the development of reward based, software enabled sorting at source.

ReFuse’s B2B service ensured the dismantling, sorting into 30 categories from plastics to organics and wood, valorization and safe disposal of over 1 Million items not fit for sale. ReFuse handled over 25 tons of expired, outdated materials destined to landfill reduced the dumped volume by 80% and ensuring the reuse of secondary raw-materials distributed to over 10 local ventures in Lebanon.

ReFuse’s B2B service ensured the dismantling, sorting into 30 categories from plastics to organics and wood, valorization and safe disposal of over 1 Million items not fit for sale. ReFuse also handled unused carts for Food and Beverage, cooperating with social enterprise Agonista for their reuse in their business hiring people with special needs.