ADDRESSING PLASTIC POLLUTION THROUGH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. NEW GUIDELINES PRODUCED BY SCP/RAC AVAILABLE IN FRENCH

The guidelines to address single-use plastics through public procurement in the Mediterranean are now available in French, in addition to the English, Albanian and Bosnian-Montenegrin versions.

Public procurement is identified as a key action to address plastic marine litter by the Barcelona Convention.

The guidelines target policy-makers in the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and provide them with a step-by-step approach for developing the appropriate framework to address the reduction of single-use plastics through procurement in the public sector.

By implementing these guidelines, public administrations across the Mediterranean can boost circular economy in the region and abate plastic pollution. This publication has been commissioned by SCP/RAC to Ecoinstitut, as part of the portfolio of activities to improve the policy framework and engage with the food & beverage industry in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro, through the Cooperation Agreement between UN Environment/MAP and the Italian Ministry of Environment and Land and Sea Protection.