Public Procurement, Textile
This eco-design booklet for professional clothing published by Orée is based on feedback from the experimental phase of the FRIVEP project, one of the first four Commitments for Green Growth (French Green Deals), launched in 2016.
The objective of the FRIVEP project was to study the opportunity and the technical and financial feasibility of the implementation of a national sector of re-use and recycling of professional clothing, creating jobs on French territory.
This project gave rise to an 18-month experimental phase during which the principals (SNCF, La Poste, the City of Paris, ONF, ESF, GRDF, the Ministries of the Interior and the Armed Forces) sent a selection of their deposits on an experimental site where they have been sorted, dismantled and then sent to manufacturers for recycling tests, with the financial support of ADEME. The experimentation of the FRIVEP project was based on a multi-actor governance, original and unique, animated by the association ORÉE, which brought a dynamic of cooperation.
The purpose of this booklet is to explain to public authorities and procurers what eco-design of professional clothing is, its interests and how to implement it. It thus includes:
- Reflections on the professional clothing markets;
- Eco-design ideas to anticipate the best possible end of life for professional clothing: design, choice of fibers, extension of the useful life;
- The steps to implement this approach.
These elements will of course have to be adapted to the culture and functioning of each structure in order to integrate them into the specifications for the supply of new outfits. Feedback from principals also illustrates good practices.
