In CityLoops, the municipality of Apeldoorn carried out four demonstration actions to develop and pilot valorisation options for various types of green spaces waste, such as leaves, grass, and pruning, while involving key stakeholders. This bio-waste valorisation decision tool was developed and used to identify the most sustainable options, assess their feasibility and more strategically determine which ones should be pursued by the municipality's own service and which ones should be outsourced to the private sector.
This decision tool enables Apeldoorn to decide how to select, collect, store and treat biowaste to be able to deliver optimal bio-waste to different users (e.g. producers of bokashi, fibre or chemical industry). The main emphasis is on the possibilities of supplying bio-waste for upcycling, applications that are beyond biogas production. By connecting the desired properties from industry with the bio-waste handling of Apeldoorn, the influence of different decisions becomes clear.  The full tool can be downloaded here 

This canvas will support city administrations and entrepreneurs in developing circular business models. In CityLoops, the municipality of Apeldoorn carried out four demonstration actions to develop and pilot valorisation options for various types of green spaces waste, such as leaves, grass, and pruning, while involving key stakeholders. This Circular Square canvas was developed and used to identify the most sustainable options, assess their feasibility and more strategically determine which ones should be pursued by the municipality's own service and which ones should be outsourced to the private sector.. Circular Square can also inspire the first steps of circular procurement:  in the Circular Square the ambitions of a new project are set. By setting ambitions beforehand and clearly prioritising certain circular strategies a starting point for the interaction with stakeholders is established. The gathered information can be used in the tendering process. The tool can be downloaded here. 

This tool can be used as a general guide for managing organic waste creation and handling in public procurement and public procurement related processes and functions. It aims to enhance the collection and sorting of organic waste and reducing carbon dioxide emissions in services and functions based on public procurement in the City of Mikkeli. It also aims to enhance the utilisation of organic waste. It is designed to support the city of Mikkeli’s in reaching the green deal ambitions and goals. The tool helps the experts within Mikkeli city’s organisation to identify the links to the reduction, handling or reuse of organic waste in a single tender within the wide scope of procurement processes. It will enhance the neutrality and quality of the tenders within different branches. The guide was officially approved by the city in April 2023 for use in the city's procurement processes. The guide can be downloaded here. 

The procurement guide for usage of biogas as a motive power in transportation and logistics services can be used to reduce unprocessed organic waste creation and promote the utilisation of organic waste in biogas production. It aims to support the procurement of public transportation and logistics services in a way that reduces carbon dioxide emissions promotes demand of biogas as a motive power in tenders. It also supports the goal of a closed cycle for organic waste and its end products. The guide helps to underline the demands of sustainability, low carbon dioxide emissions and the usage of biogas as a motive power in public procurement processes, tenders and documents of traffic, transportation, and logistics contracts in the city of Mikkeli.
The guide can be downloaded here, alongside two case studies - a procurement report of the local transport procurement process and a procurement report of the waste transportation procurement process.