Almere uses PPI to drive circular economy initiatives
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The Dutch city of Almere is holding its Upcycle City competition, aiming to develop local circular economy initiatives through a PPI competition. Using a 'best price-quality ratio' award criteria, the local authority has issued a tender for project ideas which can be implemented by the city to create products from the city's waste.
The tendering process is being implemented via the Dutch e-procurement platform TenderNed. A total of €1,000,000 is available to fund winning proposals, selected by a jury, at a co-financing rate of 1:3. Funding is in place for the chosen initiatives until 2019.
Upcycle City forms part of Almere's efforts towards becoming a waste-free city by 2020, and to become an internationally recognised 'living lab' for circular economy initiatives. The competition is already underway with the initial project proposals being considered as part of a two-part procurement process. Post-tender negotiations with the winners and development of contracts will follow later this year.
For more information, visit Almere's Upcycle City website.