What downsizing taught me about the circular economy

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What downsizing taught me about the circular economy

Lauren Phipps reflects on the exhausting task of downsizing and what it tells us about the difficulties of building a circular economy

This article originally appeared in our Circularity Weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. The sale of your childhood home is an inevitable rite of passage for many adults, and it's often preceded by the...

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