The goal of the Market Vision and Purchasing Strategy Buyer Group Traffic Signs and Signage is ambitious: to make the enormous amount of traffic signs in the Netherlands more sustainable. With more than 3 million signs, of which at least 600,000 are considered unnecessary, there is an urgent need for a sustainable approach (source: CROW). <\/p>\n\n
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The Buyer Group has developed a well-thought-out market vision with four process steps. These focus on reducing the number of traffic signs, refurbishing (Re-Sign) old signs, using biobased or recycled materials, and as a final step, deploying conventional traffic signs when other options are not feasible. <\/p>\n\n
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Climate Signs has embraced this procurement strategy and turned it into action. This vision and strategy has enabled us to develop the 100% recycled aluminum road sign (ARS). Based on circular principles, this sign contributes significantly to reducing CO2 emissions, conserving and reusing primary resources, minimizing waste and supporting the circular economy. <\/p>\n\n
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Refurbishing plays an important role in sustainability. However, Buyer<\/a> Group recognizes that this process is finite. Therefore, in the absence of refurbished stock, it is necessary to switch to “new” aluminum traffic signs with a Cradle to Cradle certificate or to an ARS traffic sign<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n This approach allows asset managers to take a sustainable step during tenders, even if they are not yet ready for an innovative BIO road sign. It illustrates the power of collaboration and vision in our pursuit of a circular and sustainable future for our road and street furniture. <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n In our next blog you can discover what our unique innovative 100% recycled aluminum traffic sign ARS looks like. After all, what is the visible difference between a sign made of new aluminum and one made of recycled aluminum? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read about the inspiration and creation of the ARS board in this blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-signs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6204,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions\/6204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatesigns.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}