WAVE – Designing out waste in Baltic coastal communities

WAVE – Designing out waste in Baltic coastal communities

13.04.2026

Lead partner

Name: CLEAN - Environmental Cluster Denmark
https://www.cleancluster.dk/
Address: Clean Nørre Havnegade 43, 5. 6400 Sønderborg
Region/Subregion: Sjælland
Country: Denmark


Project Partners Member States

DE, DK, LT, PL, SE


Name: University of Rostock
https://www.uni-rostock.de/
Address: Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, Rostock, 18059
Region/Subregion: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country: Germany

Name: EUCC Baltic Office
https://www.eucc-klaipeda.net/
Address: Kareiviniu gatve 4-7, LT-92251 Klaipeda
Region/Subregion: Klaipedos apskritis
Country: Lithuania

Name: Pomorskie Tourist Board
https://pomorskie.travel/en/
Address: Wały Jagiellońskie 2a, 80-887 Gdańsk
Region/Subregion: Gdański
Country: Poland

Name: Visit Skåne
https://visitskane.com/
Address: Dockgatan 26, 211 74 Malmö
Region/Subregion: Skåne
Country: Sweden


Helping coastal tourism SMEs and municipalities in the South Baltic area adopting circular practices to cut plastics, reduce food waste and improve waste sorting.


Overview: The project empowers SMEs and municipalities in South Baltic coastal tourism to move towards a circular economy by co‑creating, piloting and scaling solutions that reduce plastics, food waste and sorting inefficiencies.

Key objectives: Reduce plastic use and food waste, improve waste sorting and resource efficiency, and increase capacity of tourism businesses and local authorities to implement circular solutions.

Main activities: Analyse challenges and identify promising circular solutions; co‑create and run three regional pilot actions testing plastics reduction, food‑waste prevention and improved sorting systems; and consolidate and scale results through dissemination and replication measures.

Impact: Reduced waste and improved resource efficiency in coastal tourism, strengthened local capacity for circular practices, tested scalable solutions for wider uptake, and enhanced collaboration between businesses and municipalities across the South Baltic area.

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