Circular purchasing

More circular procurement.

The waste chain always starts with the procurement of a product or service. By purchasing more circularly, we contribute to a Zero Waste business operation in the long term. Zero Waste is part of circularity because it refers to eliminating waste, a product without any value.

We use the R-ladder as a tool to procure more circularly. Zero Waste means we no longer burn waste (R9) or landfill (R10).

R-ladder
Prevent	R1 - Refuse: Preventing the use of raw materials by abandoning a product and its function.
Reduce raw materials or use them smarter	R2a - Reduce: Reduce use of raw materials or use materials with a longer lifespan. R2b - Redesign: redesigning a product so that it is demountable or so that fewer materials are needed.
Extending product and component life	R3 - Re-use: reuse of a product (second-hand) R4 - Repair: Maintenance and repair of a product. R5 - Refurbish: Refurbishing or modernising a product. R6 - Remanufacture: Reuse of product parts for a new product. R7 - Re-purpose: Reuse of a product for another function.
Beneficial use of materials and resources	R8 - Recycle: Processing used materials into raw materials of the same (high-grade) or lesser (low-grade) quality. R9 - Recover: Incineration of materials with energy recovery.
Dumping	R10 - Landfill: Materials that cannot (now) remain in the production chain are landfilled (e.g. hazardous substances).

Circular procurement is paramount

We have to be keen on whether a purchase is necessary, but also on whether the items we buy have the least possible impact on the environment and are reusable. In every tender we do, where C&F itself is the client, we set the highest possible circular procurement conditions applicable to that product group. Our buyers are process supervisors of tenders and they all work to the same standards. We also try to encourage our faculties as much as possible to opt for circular procurement.

Circular purchasing

English text alternative for R-ladder

Circular procurement is paramount

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