WRAP boss Marcus Gover: Lifting the lid on the waste revolution

Madeleine Cuff
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From fly-tipped fridges to landfilled leftovers, WRAP CEO Marcus Gover is in charge of convincing UK businesses and consumers of the value of waste. BusinessGreen collects some tips of the trade

Not many people want to talk about the contents of their bins. Fewer still will volunteer for a hands-on investigation of what goes in them and how it got there. The fact is waste is a dirty, smelly...

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