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July 2015
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The
PPI4Waste project aims to promote efficient
management of municipal waste and support the implementation of
European policies and national strategies on waste through
mechanisms such as public procurement of innovation.
The
overall objective of the project is to improve resource efficiency,
sustainable waste management and sustainable consumption throughout
Europe by increasing the use of innovative public procurement through networking, capacity building, and
dissemination. In its activities, the project brings together public
authorities,
service providers and waste experts to research and promote
eco-innovative solutions which will ultimately encourage more
sustainable waste management practices.
A total
of 8 partners from 5 European countries are taking part in PPI4Waste,
gathering experts in both waste treatment and public procurement of
innovation. In addition, a group of experts at European level is being
created in order to help guarantee the quality of the project’s
outcomes.
The
project will explore mechanisms which can help overcome barriers to
innovation and innovation procurement, including
activities such as:
- Identification of common needs within the public
sector
- Creation of an interest group and purchasing community
- Public-private collaboration through market
consultation
- Capacity-building workshops to reinforce knowledge on
PPI procedures
- Dynamic case studies to prepare coordinated
procurement of
eco-innovative solutions
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Underground waste collection system in the Gothenburg region, Sweden.
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One
of the first activities of the PPI4Waste project is to define common needs for the waste-to-resource challenges which can
be solved with Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI). The
establishment of common needs will enable a large group of potential
buyers to be formed, which is vital to ensure critical mass when
collaborating on public procurement.
During
the first months of the project, the needs of public
organisations in charge of municipal waste management have therefore
been assessed. Within the project, a methodology for identifying and
prioritizing common needs of public buyers in the field of municipal
waste management has been developed, based on experience from previous
projects within related topics. |
A
round of interviews with 14 contracting authorities across the EU has
been conducted to map the needs of these organisations. Close to 100
identified needs have been analysed using methods
including scanning, clustering, assessment and prioritization in
accordance with the EU waste hierarchy. These needs cover the whole
waste management chain, and some examples are: development of citizen
involvement control systems, pre-treatment of bulky waste, reducing the
noise caused by the mechanized street sweeping and washing system,
biogas exploitation systems, sealing of landfill and gas removal.
As
a result of the analysis, project partners will agree on at
least three priority areas in municipal waste
treatment. Partners will then prepare
contracting authorities to use PPI to lead innovation and meet the
future challenges in the waste sector. |
Two-bin
system (biowaste and fraction for incineration) in Gothenburg region,
Sweden.
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The
PPI4Waste
project is
coordinated by a multi-stakeholder consortium of 8 partners
representing not only the technology and research community but also
local and regional governements as well as supporting and dissemination
entities. Together they have the necessary skills to reach the objectives, taking into consideration
all aspects which play a role in the implementation of PPI, such as
governance, dissemination aspects, technology and research, etc.
In
that way, the project consortium covers:
- Well known expertise and capacities in the
field of
innovative and sustainable procurement
- High level expertise in waste sector and waste
hierarchy
- High potential to support and uptake public
procurement of innovation processes
The
8 partners of the PPI4Waste project are:
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The
city of Zagreb,
capital of Croatia, on the historic and political threshold between
East and West, illustrates both the continental and Mediterranean
spirit of the nation it spearheads. Zagreb is the cultural, scientific,
economic, political and administrative centre of the Republic of
Croatia, and is home to the Croatian Parliament, Government and
President. Its favourable location between the Pannonian plain, the
edge of the Alps and the Dinaric range has allowed it to become a
crossing point for mass international communication. |
Zagreb
City Holding (ZCH) was founded in 2007 and is in 100% under the
ownership
of the City of Zagreb. It consists of 15 branches which perform the
work of the former city enterprises, with a total of about 11.000
employees. The work of the Company is organized in four business
areas: municipal, transport, and market functions and energy activities. Through its
involvement in different fields of work, ZCH is able to broaden its
ties
with the community, build better links between people, their knowledge,
time and experience.
The
task of ZCH is the effective and long-term
execution of municipal tasks, with maximum protection of the
environment and the public interests of the local community. In the
course of this work, particular attention is paid to continuously
raising
the satisfaction of beneficiaries of the company’s services and
employees, which is the key to future business development.
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Čistoća,
as one of the ZCH branches, has a well-developed infrastructure
for waste collection of municipal solid waste as well as separate
collection of recyclables. Within the City of Zagreb over 6.000
different bins for source-separation of waste (plastics, paper and
glass) are installed. In the City of Zagreb, Čistoća is operating 9
recycling yards where citizens can, free of charge, deposit over 20
different waste types. Among them are WEEE, construction waste,
hazardous waste, etc.
High
priority has been given to the increase of
quantities of collected biodegradable waste (biowaste) from
restaurants, schools, kindergartens, etc. All of the collected
biowaste is being composted at the composting plant in the City which
is operated by the ZCH branch Zrinjevac. Collected municipal solid
waste is being landfilled at the Jakuševec-Prudinec landfill which is
operated by ZGOS, also a ZCH branch. Nevertheless, ZCH owns 60 CNG
buses that are used in public transportation and is continuously taking
actions to further renew its fleet with vehicles on alternative fuels.
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Having
in mind that the Republic of Croatia has become full member of
the EU, ZCH is well aware of the responsibility to impose and to adopt
the EU standards in any field of work. The subjects that most occupy
its attention are the issues related to the environmental protection
and waste management. In that sense, sustainable waste management is
one of the priorities especially considering that the largest
portion of the municipal solid waste is still being landfilled.
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In the
coming months,
analysis and exchange between PPI4Waste partners on the definition and assessment of possible needs
and emerging solutions will lead to a technical report under the
responsibility of SP. In parallel to the current assessment of possible
needs (see previous article), the partners have also been working on
the identification of solutions with the highest potential in PPI. This
task, coordinated by IAT, will also lead to a report on
state-of-the-art and innovative solutions.
These
reports on possible needs and emerging solutions and the results
of subsequent discussions will be presented during an international procurement foresight workshop.
This workshop will be organized by ACR+ in Brussels on 29 October 2015 and will
give the opportunity to exchange on the identified needs and solutions
among the partnership, the experts group as well as public buyers. This
will facilitate the understanding of what is possible in order to
procure innovation. In addition, the workshop will give the opportunity
to present the Interest Group and a
Purchasing Community, coordinated by ICLEI and aiming at
promoting the idea of public procurement of innovation among European
territories and favouring opportunities of coordinated procurement of
innovation among different public procurers in Europe.
The
project will also keep on spreading the word about PPI and
PPI4Waste progress, via continuous communication activities. In
particular, the PPI4Waste website
(www.ppi4waste.eu) will be released in July 2015, where all relevant
information about the project will be available. This website will
provide more detail about the project objectives, partners and results,
in particular technical reports. It will also promote the Interest
Group and the Purchasing Community, and interaction with those groups. The PPI4Waste newsletter will be
disseminated once per semester and you
are encouraged to forward it to your relevant colleagues and contacts.
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This
project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 642451
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