Four out of every five public bodies in Sweden have guidelines on consideration of the environment in the procurement of goods and services. This is revealed by a survey commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency among 21 county councils, 290 municipalities and 216 government agencies.

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A total of 55,000 new green cars were registered in Sweden in 2007, an increase of 49 per cent on the figure for 2006. This means that green cars accounted for 18 per cent of the total car market in Sweden. At the turn of the year there were 50 different green car models on the Swedish market.

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