Definition European CommissionPublic Procurement for a Circular Economy - Good practice and guidance The European Commission published the brochure in Oct 2017 in order to support public purchasers to leverage support for a transition to a circular economy....
Utilize circular procurement
“Circular procurement sets out an approach to green public procurement which pays special attention to ‘the purchase of works, goods or services that seek to contribute to the closed energy and material loops within supply chains, whilst minimising, and in the best case avoiding, negative environmental impacts and waste creation across the whole life-cycle’. (Source: European Commission)
Circular procurement approaches have the potential to deliver multiple benefits. For example, as well as allowing purchasers to focus on need fulfilment and consider life time costs with potential for savings, circular procurement also provides a framework for more holistic consideration of environmental impacts and waste creation across the whole life-cycle of goods and services.”
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