Oct 13, 2020 | Case Studies, Plastics
The City of Ghent is committed to greening its municipal cleaning services using the European Ecolabel criteria, as a minimum, and Cradle-to-Cradle Certified products for all of its buildings and facilities. For this procurement, a four-year framework agreement was...
Oct 13, 2020 | Case Studies, Featured, Plastics
Skåne Regional Council decided to alter its purchasing approach for protective disposable aprons to a more environmentally friendly product alternative. The pilot project aimed to procure 5.2 million bio-based disposable aprons, and test an innovation procurement...
Oct 13, 2020 | Case Studies, Information Technology
In 2010, Stockholm County Council introduced stringent new environmental requirements for purchasing computers, which included low energy consumption; the use of recycled plastic in new products; and eliminating lead, mercury, and halogenated flame retardants from new...
Oct 13, 2020 | Case Studies, Textiles
The Municipality of Herning trialled circular economy ideas in some of its operations, which included procurement of uniforms. The previous contract had wash and repair requirements; however, Herning looked for an innovative circular solution to reusing uniforms with...
Oct 13, 2020 | Case Studies, Featured, Textiles
The Ministry of Defence purchases volumes of textiles to equip personnel with uniforms and other items and decided to explore the potential for increasing the circularity of its textiles sourcing by requiring producers to supply items made, in part, from recycled...
