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Mon, 01/09/2025 – 17:35
Approximately 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally each year. Around 12% of these plastics are incinerated and only 9% are recycled. The remainder is either disposed of in landfills or released into the environment, including the oceans.
One powerful lever available to public authorities is public procurement. Procurement requirements that specify recycled materials, encourage reuse or repurposing of plastic-containing products, and prevent the use of single-use plastics are strategic tools that can help curb the plastic crisis. This webinar will present examples of how contracting authorities can limit plastic waste and pollution through procurement decisions.
Agenda:
- Welcome and Introduction from the EU GPP Helpdesk, Ivan Azevedo, Policy Officer, Unit B.1, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission.
- Overview of the Sustainable Public Procurement of Plastics report, Mervyn Jones, Senior Adviser, Circular Economy, Rijkswaterstaat.
- The French Anti-Waste and Circular Economy Law and targets for the integration of reused and recycled materials in public contracts, Marline Weber, Sustainable Procurement Project Manager, Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France.
- Procurement criteria that support the circulation of plastics, Tuuri Tiia, City of Espoo, Finland.
The webinar will be held in English at 11:00 – 12:30 (CEST) on 18 September. Registration.
The GPP Helpdesk Webinars provide a forum to inform stakeholders working in the field of public sector procurement about important new developments in the resources available and legislative context for Sustainable Public Procurement, and offer an opportunity for questions and discussion.
They are organised by the EU GPP Helpdesk, which aims to provide timely and accurate answers to stakeholders’ enquiries, and to promote and disseminate information on green public procurement. It is accessible to companies, public authorities and NGOs within the EU and the European Economic Area. The Helpdesk is currently operated by ICLEI in cooperation with AEIDL on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment.
