Join The BlueMissionMed Hackathon4Cities!
BlueMissionMed is organising next 13 November 2025 from 10.30 to 12.00 CEST the Hackathon, and will focused on waste water and solid waste management in cities and urban areas, as part of the BlueMissionMed Support Programme.
This initiative is aimed at involving Public authorities, Governance actors, Business, Research & Innovations, Start-ups, Civil Society involved in the wastewater and solid waste management sector in urban areas.
Framing the Hackathon4Cities: Presenting Key Data and Objectives
Around 70% of the population now living in urban areas.
Municipal Solid Waste (hereinafter referred to as MSW), consumption has been rising exponentially in recent decades: the annual weight of MSW generated in the EU Mediterranean now averages out at 500kg per capita
Microplastics, too, are released from mismanaged MSW as it fragments; while urban run-off and wastewater discharges can contain microplastics from deterioration of materials during usage including synthetic textiles, cooking utensils, building coatings, artificial turfs and many other products.
Wastewater also contains micropollutants that can harm aquatic life and there is concern about – inputs of ‘contaminants of emerging concern’ (CoECs).
The activity will focus on raising awareness and promoting the priorities identified in the OIR and the Depolluting the Mediterranean report, with the aim of preventing and minimising their impact on our oceans and waters.
It will address key aspects such as:
- Introducing support services for local innovation.
- BlueMissionMed – Innovative Transformative Solutions.
- Accelerating circular models in the management of wastewater and MSW as a clear priority for the sector (including valorization).
- Co-create innovative ideas in areas where solutions have not yet emerged.
- Networking to foster embryonic solutions and strategic partnerships among BMM community members.
- Best practice exchanges among cities and municipalities across the Mediterranean.
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