Projects

RETech Projects - Realizing Sustainable Waste Mangement and Circular Economy Together

RETech unifies German expertise along the entire “waste” value chain with international partners to promote sustainable circular economy systems worldwide. We actively contribute to solving pressing global challenges in environmental and resource protection through our projects.

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„On-the-road-to-COP30“
As part of the strategic partnership with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN), a bridging dialogue series will be organized and conducted in the lead-up to the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP30), which will take place from November 10 to 21, 2025 in Belém, Brazil.
WEEE-GIP Kenya
The project “WEEE-GIP - Kenyan-German GreenTech Innovation Program” creates new perspectives for the environmentally sustainable handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Nairobi. The focus is on the development of innovative collection and recycling structures in close cooperation with local and international partners.
Business Initiation Trip Brazil
From 13.10.2025 to 17.10.2025, the German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Rio) in cooperation with German RETech Partnership is conducting a business initiation trip to Brazil on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. This is a project-related funding measure as part of the market development program for SMEs. The target group is primarily small and medium-sized German companies (SMEs).
Treatment of organic waste in East Africa
From July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, the German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) together with the German RETech Partnership (RETech) implemented the PREVENT-funded project "WasteGui – Guideline of urban and rural organic waste in the African countries using the example of Ethiopia".
Improvement of Biowaste Management in the Baltic States
The project “Development of guidelines for the municipal management of biowaste in the Baltic States” (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) aims to strengthen the basis for a sustainable circular economy for organic residues.
Cooperation of associations in Ghana
German RETech Partnership (RETech) is implementing a small-scale capacity building measure in Ghana with the Plastics Recyclers and Aggregators Association (PRAAG). The activities include locally organized trainings and courses on various waste management topics by short-term experts in order to enable the association to conduct these trainings in Ghana itself (train the trainer).
Country Profiles
Sustainable environmental technologies are more in demand than ever. As part of the Export Initiative Environmental Protection, the Federal Ministry for the Environment supported the creation and dissemination of country profiles in order to give companies access to relevant market information and promote the spread of sustainable German technologies worldwide.