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Breaking Down Local Food Barriers: A Case Study on Food Forward Contracts in Thunder Bay

 For over a decade, the City of Thunder Bay has strengthened the connection between municipal facilities and local food systems. The city is a leader in food systems planning in Ontario, having adopted the Thunder Bay Food Charter, the Community Environmental Action...
Furniture ProRail facilities services
Furniture ProRail facilities services

ProRail is a Dutch government organization that manages the national railway network infrastructure, and initiatedpilots to explore the circular procurement of flooring and furniture. As part of the circular procurement process, purchasers and suppliers were...

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Recycled Plastic Packaging for Cleaning Products
Recycled Plastic Packaging for Cleaning Products

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...

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Disposable bio-based Plastic aprons
Disposable bio-based Plastic aprons

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...

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Environmentally friendly office IT equipment in Stockholm
Environmentally friendly office IT equipment in Stockholm

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...

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