Circularity challenges the current economic model towards a sustainable future
Circular processes contributing to circularity can be grouped into 4 categories, from the most impactful to the least:
1. Reduce by design: reducing the amount of material used, particularly raw material, should be applied as an overall guiding principle from the earliest stages of design of products and services
2. From a user-to-user perspective: Refuse, Reduce and Re-use
3. From a user-to-business intermediary perspective: Repair, Refurbish and Remanufacture
4. From business-to-business: Repurpose and Recycle.
Read more about circularity at UNEP's Building Circularity platform.
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Sustainable Procurement of Building Materials:A Progressive Approach to Chemicals of Concern
This guidance is primarily aimed at public procurers involved in a range of contracting agreements related to building materials and products. This includes the purchase of building materials for construction works, but may also extend to material extraction, manufacturing, building, retrofit, refurbishment, design, interior fit out, and end-of-life demolition or deconstruction processes. There are a variety of roles within the procurement cycle that the guidance can support, from commissioning, category management, tender preparation and evaluation, to contract management.
Addressing Chemicals of Concern: Key messages and lessons learned
This document summarises lessons learned from the various project activities in three sectors: electrical and electronic equipment (EEE); building and construction; and toys. It also formulates key messages addressed to different stakeholder groups and provides links to guidance and tools developed under the GEF project
Why chemicals matter
The video covers the crucial issues surrounding chemical policies in today's world, the unseen effects of chemicals in everyday life and the global push for policies that foster sustainable practices. The video highlights the challenges and innovative solutions that aim to to protect our environment and health, setting the stage for a greener, safer and sustainable future.
Guía para la consideración de sustancias químicas de preocupación en el proceso de compras públicas sostenibles de Aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos
Este documento aborda la gestión de sustancias químicas de preocupación y algunos
aspectos de sostenibilidad, incluyendo la circularidad en la compra pública sostenible
(CPS) de los AEE, específicamente de computadores, impresoras y acondicionadores de
aire, proporcionando además una orientación clara a las entidades públicas sobre cómo
incluir criterios técnicos para la adquisición de dichos equipos.