Circular economy boost could create three million jobs across Europe

Madeleine Cuff
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New WRAP report underlines economic potential of 'ambitious' new policies to encourage greater resource efficiency

If Europe embraced a "transformational expansion" of the circular economy it could create three million jobs in the bloc and reduce unemployment by 520,000 by 2030. That is the promising conclusion...

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