GUIDE TO BEST PRACTICES FOR GREEN PROCUREMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF RECYCLED PLASTIC PRODUCTS
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From ANARPLA and PLASTICS EUROPE and their commitment to the circular economy of plastics, the initiative to create a GUIDE TO BEST PRACTICES FOR GREEN PROCUREMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF RECYCLED PLASTIC PRODUCTS was born.
With the arrival of the European Green Deal, the goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, and a post-pandemic economic recovery based on the green economy and digital transition, the European Union will accelerate the transition to a circular economy, based on maximizing the use of available natural resources, with upcoming regulations that will require an unprecedented adaptation from society and administration, which will lead by example in its public procurement.
Both associations are strongly committed to promoting the recycling of plastic waste; therefore, they have developed numerous initiatives and collaborated with public administrations at state, regional, and municipal levels.
Green Public Procurement is defined in the European Commission’s communication on Public Procurement for a Better Environment as “a process whereby public authorities seek to acquire products, services, and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle compared to other products, services, and works with the same primary function that would be acquired in their place.”
In this context, it is necessary for the industry to evolve and adapt through the production of plastics in a low-carbon circular economy, thus promoting their sustainable use. Additionally, it must address the problem of plastic waste by recognizing its value as a resource.
The objective of initiatives like this Practical Guide is to boost public administrations’ efforts to improve the utilization of plastic waste by promoting both reuse and its collection and recycling while accelerating the transition towards a circular economy. This involves significant efforts to achieve the goal of “zero plastics in landfills” and ensure 100% collection of plastic waste.
The commitment of both associations is to collaborate and support different public administrations, especially local entities, so that in developing procurement activities it is possible to ensure that plastics continue providing important benefits necessary for society while minimizing their environmental footprint.
