Five lessons for business from the Waste and Resources Strategy

Madeleine Cuff
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Defra's sweeping new strategy for dealing with waste has implications for businesses right across the value chain

Finally the circular economy has entered Whitehall thinking. Many hoped today's Waste and Resources Strategy from Defra would herald a step-change in thinking about materials use, waste and recycling in...

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