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Plastic Zero The EU waste hierarchy provides guidance for waste management in five hierarchical levels. The “Green Public Procurement Manual on Plastic Waste Prevention” in the EU LIFE project “Plastic ZERO” uses this common, transparent and familiar structure as its foundation. Plastic ZERO - Publi c Priva te Coopera tions for Avoiding Plastic as a Wa ste Green P ub on Plasti lic Procureme nt c Waste Preventi Manual on 2014.04 .15 City of Tamper Copenh e agen | LIFE10 Regional Solid City of ENV/D Waste Malmö K/098 Manag | City of - with the con ement Ltd. | I/S Am Hamburg | SIA tributio n of the age Liepajas LIFE fina r Ressource RAS center ncial ins | Aalbor trument g Un of the Europe iversity an Union At EU level, about a quarter of post-consumer plastics are being recycled, a third recovered in waste-to-energy processes and the rest landfilled. Meaningful differences exists between countries. However, the “Green Public Procurement Manual on Plastic Waste Prevention” contains requirements that are generic and applicable regardless of country specific preconditions. Packaging is most significant for both market demand for plastics (left) and plastics waste by market segment (right). The “Green Public Procurement Manual on Plastic Waste Prevention” contain copy-and-paste requirements for the following product groups: • Packaging • Furniture • Office supply • Office IT-equipment Yearly public procurements are made for a sum equivalent to 18% of EU GDP. With Green Public Procurement public authorities try to influence the market in a specific direction through their purchases. The “Green Public Procurement Manual on Plastic Waste Prevention” targets three environmental problems from plastics waste management: CO2 emissions from combustion, inefficient use of resources and the presence of harmful substances. The manual proposes to use public procurement to lower these impacts by increasing demand for recycled plastic, improved recyclability and a reduction in the use of harmful substances. LIFE10 ENV/DK/098