Year after year, the government always tries to find ways to create a better community. With all the technological advances and conservation efforts, there are multiple solutions that government agencies can take to be more environmentally friendly with their operations. These solutions are not only deliverable to federal ones, but also to local governments. Your business can be a great help with these efforts.
In this article, let’s discuss some environmental efforts that your business can help deliver to government agencies.
Zero Carbon Emissions
Procurement professionals are doing their part and playing an active role in producing zero carbon emissions for the environment. As they choose vendors based on locality, price, and reputation, they will also take sustainability into consideration.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) sets environmental rules that government agencies must abide by when considering minimum price thresholds. Products with recycled content or longer lifespans are preferred for government contracts. Examples are re-refined motor oil, green cleaning products, reprocessed latex paint, and remanufactured toner cartridges.
Some environmentally friendly commodity codes you can choose from are:
- 20310, Batteries, Computer and Peripheral, Environmentally Certified Products
- 63156, Paint, House And Trim, Environmentally Certified Products
- 20576, Printers, Inkjet, Environmentally Certified Products
- 48621, Cleaner, Spray, Environmentally Certified Products
You can register your company with Bidnet Direct and let government agencies know that you carry environmentally safe products.
Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
A circular supply system is the flow of the materials you use for your products or services from production to end user, then to any of the 3 R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle. This also includes sharing, leasing, repairing, refurbishing, anything to make the materials last as long as possible to create as close to zero carbon emissions as possible.
Examples of Circular Supply Systems
Adidas’ Futurecraft loop is one example of how businesses are implementing a circular supply company. The Futurecraft loop program upcycles ocean plastics into yarns and filaments for their footwear. The loop process aims to repurpose the raw materials of the shoes when grown out of or no longer needed into another pair of high-performance running shoes. These shoes are made to be re-made.
Philips Refurbishing System is another example of using a circular supply system. Philips helps hospitals to upgrade their equipment by offering discounts on new equipment with the trade in of their old equipment. The old equipment is then refurbished and sold again.
Urban Mining Company has found a way to recycle magnets (specifically NdFeB magnets) found in consumer products such as speakers and headphones. These magnets, usually found in landfills, can be recycled into new magnets, and not only keep materials out of landfills and avoid mining of virgin materials but also protects the company from raw material price fluctuations.
Now it is more important than ever to start thinking about solutions to keep your product out of landfills. Sustainability is an important quality that buyers consider when choosing a winning bid response. Time to put your creative hat on and be part of the solution. You never know, it may end up saving you more money overall.
Finding Matching Bids on Bidnet Direct
Bidnet Direct aggregates bids across the country in various category codes such as the ones mentioned above. To start, you can search your business’ matching keyword(s) and register to access all the information.
It is easy to get matched with environmental-related solicitations that your business offers. Bidnet Direct offers matching daily bid notifications to registered suppliers – so you won’t miss any opportunities for your business.
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