Marketplace for the trade of second-hand goods for reuse — Contribution to the transition to a Circular Economy
Description
Marketplaces that act as an intermediary to match buyers seeking a service or products with sellers or providers of those products or services
Scope of Assets
This activity includes development and operation of marketplaces and classifieds for the trade (sale or exchange) of second-hand products, materials or components for reuse, where the marketplaces and classifieds support:
- Business to Business (B2B), Business to Customer (B2C) and Customer to Customer (C2C) sales
- Services such as buyer-seller linking, payment or delivery service
The activity does not include wholesale or retail trade of second-hand goods
Examples of products and components that are under the scope of this activity is as follows:
-Food products, beverages
-Textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products
-Wood, wood and cork products, furniture, straw and plaiting materials, clay building materials, paper and paper products
-Rubber and plastic products and machinery, porcelain and ceramic products
-Basic metals, structural metal products, other fabricated metal products
-Metal and fabricated metal products, cutlery, tools, general hardware, tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal
-Computer, electronic and optical products and recorded media
-Electrical, transport, non-domestic ventilation and cooling equipment
-Lifting and handling equipment, office machinery and equipment, power driven hand tools
-Machinery for food and beverage processing except tobacco
-Machinery for textile, apparel, leather, paper and paperboard production
-Plastic and rubber machinery
-Other manufacturing also is included
PSIC/ISIC code
47741 - Retail Sale of Second-hand Goods in Specialized Stores (ISIC 4774)
Technical Screening Criteria
Substantial contribution criteria
The activity complies with all the following criteria:1
- The activity enables the trade (sale or exchange) for reuse of second-hand goods as specified in the activity description that have already been used for their intended purpose before by a consumer or an organization, with or without repair.
- Where servers and data storage products are being used:
- The equipment used comply with the requirements for servers and data storage products set out in national legislation;
- The equipment used does not contain the restricted substances listed as per national legislation;
- A waste management plan is in place to favor reuse as a priority and recycling at the end of life of electrical and electronic equipment, such as contractual agreements with recycling partners
- At its end of life, equipment undergoes preparation for reuse, recovery or recycling operations, or proper treatment, in accordance with national legislation.
Complementary measures and practices
Exclusionary and ineligible practices
Do No Significant Harm (DNSH)
- Climate change mitigation Not applicable
- Climate change adaptation Relevant: Click to view DNSH criteria
- Protection of healthy ecosystems and biodiversity Relevant: Click to view DNSH criteria
Notes
- 1. The relevant Philippines national legislations are: - RA 7394 Consumer Act of the Philippines - RA 8792 Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 - RA 10173 Data privacy Act of 2012 - RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 - DAO 2001-34 Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9003 - RA 11898 Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022 - DAO 2023-02 Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 11898 - RA 6969 Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990 - DENR Administrative Order No. 2013‑22 - Revised Procedures and Standards for the Management of Hazardous Wastes - DENR Administrative Order No. 1994-28 - Interim guidelines for the importation of recyclable materials containing hazardous substances - Final Draft Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)