Draft Business Waste Strategy PDF - london.gov.uk - Greater ...
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116 Mayor of London<br />
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s <strong>Draft</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>Strategy</strong><br />
Case study 54 - An environmental product range makes green<br />
procurement easy<br />
Since 1999 the GLA has been buying its stationery from Banner<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Supplies Limited using the OGCbuying.solutions framework.<br />
The framework enables the GLA to achieve significant efficiencies<br />
in its purchasing by being able to take advantage of a multi-million<br />
pound contract. Banner is able to supply a range of environmentally<br />
sustainable products through its award-winning Globe & Tick<br />
range. In 2005/06, just under 50 per cent of the GLA’s total<br />
procurement budget on stationery was spent on Globe & Tick<br />
products and they are working together to continually increase<br />
the percentage of green products purchased.<br />
Source: GLA and <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Supplies Limited<br />
Take action<br />
5.35 The Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code is an innovative<br />
programme that is delivered by the LDA through London Remade. A free<br />
support service for London based organisations, it drives businesses’<br />
commitment to reducing their environmental impact through responsible<br />
purchasing. Developed in 2001, the Green Procurement Code has over<br />
500 signatories 258 from the public, private and third sectors. It works with<br />
these signatories to help them identify opportunities to recycle more and<br />
buy products manufactured from recycled materials.<br />
Case study 55 - Fit for purpose recycled plastic finds widespread<br />
application in vehicle manufacture<br />
Ford Motor Company signed up to the Mayor of London’s Green<br />
Procurement Code in April 2003 in line with its environmental priorities<br />
to reuse and recycle non-renewable materials and use recycled materials.<br />
As part of its environmental commitment, Ford Motor Company has<br />
developed a complete vehicle-recycling programme, encompassing design<br />
for recycling guidelines, reducing hazardous materials and increasing the<br />
use of recycled material. Recycled content plastic is used in 500 vehicle<br />
components, diverting 24,000 tonnes of plastic waste from landfill.<br />
Source: London Development Agency through London Remade<br />
5.36 All signatories to the Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code<br />
can participate in the annual purchase report, which measures the<br />
amount of recycled content products bought by signatories in the year.<br />
In 2006/07, signatories reported 259 a total spend of £181.3 million on<br />
recycled content products. The quantity of recycled materials the products