This guideline, updated and newly published in 2018, supports public authorities in obtaining the most environmentally friendly paper wallpapers according to DIN 6730 and woodchip DIN 6730. Criteria are, for example, the proportion of recovered paper and the use of problematic substances such as formaldehyde during production.

Garden tools cause working noise, which can be a significant noise pollution, for example in residential and recreational areas. The guideline is based on the criteria of the Blue Angel for Gardening Tools (DE-UZ 206), which, among other product criteria, contains very demanding noise requirements.

Electric bicycles are an important environmentally and socially acceptable alternative to cars at distances of up to 20 kilometers. Compared to the car, electric bikes are cheaper and at the same time more ecological, healthier, often faster and definitely more space efficient. This guideline is based on the criteria of the eco-label Blauer Engel für Elektrofahrräder (DE-UZ 197), June 2015 edition.

This brochure presents good reasons and opportunities for using EMAS in public tenders. It provides procurement experts with practical recommendations, practical examples and references to further assistance and counseling services. The brochure also flanks the implementation of key environmental and sustainability policy strategies and programs such as the German Sustainability Strategy, the National Program for Sustainable Consumption, the Sustainability Program of the Federal Government and the German Resource Efficiency Program II (Progress II).

Environmentally friendly products only lead to real environmental relief if they can actually establish themselves on the mass market. Life Cycle Costing (LCC) can be used to determine all the relevant costs that a product causes along its entire product life cycle. The "hidden" costs, such as consumption and disposal costs, are also recorded systematically. Thus, for example, in a direct comparison of different variants, for example between a conventional and an environmentally friendly product, it can be determined whether and to what extent the environmentally friendly variant also performs better overall than the conventional one from an economic point of view.

A major obstacle to addressing environmental needs in public procurement is often a lack of availability of readily available, reliable, current and marketable product requirements or environmental criteria that can be used for award. As public administration staff will generally not be able to develop environmental protection requirements for products and services themselves, a sensible and efficient way is to use the eco-label criteria. This training script shows ways in which criteria from quality labels or quality labels can be integrated into tender documents themselves.

This Procurement Guide provides a catalog of criteria for sourcing environmentally sound software and explains how procurers can use it for tenders. It is suitable both for the procurement of finished standard software and for commissioning a software development.

The toolkit gathers all the relevant technical and political approaches and tools that have been used throughout the EU funded project UrbanWINS. It is addressed at policy and research stakeholders as well as civil society active in the circular economy. It inspires innovative urban waste prevention and management strategies able to contribute to the shift to more sustainable and circular urban economies.

This document includes the services, materials and tools of existing competence centres in Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Austria. The document will be updated whenever necessary with new competence centres and new services. It is therefore a living document, and you can always find the latest version here: http://procure2innovate.eu/innovationprocurement