Circular Procurement
Procurement has the potential to shift the market towards more circular products and business models. Cities can help accelerate this shift by using their procurement and investment budgets to drive demand for circular products and services and by integrating standards for circular products and services in existing public procurement tenders and frameworks. Such actions can make procurement a powerful tool for cities aiming to transition towards a circular economy; public spending for goods and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s annual GDP.

Circular Procurement in CityLoops
Circular procurement experts Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) and ICLEI are helping each city identify how and which procurement activities could be used to strategically support CityLoops demonstration actions. Over the course of CityLoops, a series of activities will be undertaken to promote and support circular procurement implementation at the city level. Cities define how circular procurement can support their ambitions in becoming circular, this includes guidelines on including circular procurement in the CDW and and biowaste sectors.
