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# 2.3 Criteria for technical items

### Checklist

* [ ] Can you purchase items that are USED MORE


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  * [ ] Can you purchase through business models that increase utilisation (e.g. supplier can provide repair, reuse, rental, recommence, and remanufacturing options at scale)?
  * [ ] Can you choose items that are designed, created and manufactured to be durable, repaired or refurbished so it aligns with a business model that keeps it at its highest value?
  * [ ] Can you make sure that all items that are made and purchased will be used?
* [ ] Can you purchase items that are MADE TO BE MADE AGAIN


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  * [ ] Is there a system in place to collect and return these items for reuse, repurpose, refurbishment, remanufacturing or recycling, thus making sure they don’t end up as waste?
  * [ ] Can you purchase items that use packaging made from reusable, recyclable or compostable materials?
* [ ] Can you purchase items that are MADE FROM SAFE AND RENEWABLE INPUTS


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  * [ ] Can you purchase items that are free from hazardous chemicals, and thus respect the health of ecosystems?
  * [ ] Can you purchase items the production of which (including chemicals used during manufacturing and finishing processes) is fully decoupled from the consumption of finite, non-renewable resources?
  * [ ] Can you purchase items made from post-consumer recycled content (where technically possible) both to decouple from finite feedstocks and to stimulate demand for collection and recycling?
  * [ ] Can you purchase items which, if (partially) made from virgin inputs, use inputs from renewable feedstocks, where proven to be environmentally beneficial, and, where relevant, are sourced from regenerative sources?
  * [ ] Can you purchase items that are manufactured, distributed, sorted and recycled using renewable energy?
  * [ ] Can you purchase items that, through their production, maximise resource efficiency (water, energy, material use etc.)?