Why the EU's circular economy package is about a lot more than recycling targets

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Dustin Benton argues the EU's new circular economy package is both a big step in the right direction and a missed opportunity

Yesterday the European Commission fired the starting gun on its circular economy programme, and the panoply of documents released shows that it will be a marathon, not a sprint. As you'd expect for...

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