The project examines the politics of the circular economy in the Mediterranean from the viewpoint of its discard and waste. It traces the emerging political-technical regime of ‘circularity’ across three countries (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco), and how it is changing understandings of toxicity, labour and value. Focusing on North Africa’s incorporation into transnational circuits of waste and recyclables, the project employs qualitative mixed-methods approach to study the people, places and things that are entangled in the circular economy, and their roles in transporting, managing, recycling or dumping waste. It thus breaks new ground by studying the real-world practices – rather than theoretical promise – of the circular economy. While at MECAM, I will focus on Tunisian fripes (second-hand clothes markets), researching the markets, sorting centres and transport hubs that are engaged in the movement, management and valorisation of second-hand clothes as they move across the Mediterranean.