Procuring textiles made from recycled fibres
Procuring textiles made from recycled fibres
5 PagesPublished: January 2018 www.procuraplus.org Procuring textiles made from recycled fibres Procura+ award winning tender Image: pixabay.com Procura+ Participant: Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Contract: Procuring towels and overalls containing at least 10% recycled post-consumer textile fibres. Awarded: 2016 Savings: CO 2 : 68,880kg Energy: 23,530 MJ Water use: 233,478,000 litres SUMMARY ? The raw material inputs into textile prouction has a large environmental footprint - as does the vast amounts of textile waste created each year. ? The MODNL decided to explore a more circular approach to textile pricurement as part of the Dutch Government's Circular Procurment Green Deal. ? It piloted textile procurement in three lots - inclu
