Report: Conservative government's circular economy efforts achieved 'virtually nothing'

Stuart Stone
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Green Alliance urges new Labour government to learn from past mistakes when delivering a new long-term strategy for waste, recycling, and resources

The government must learn from past failures and put far more focus and ambition into its waste, recycling, and resources policies if it is to grasp the huge opportunities on offer from building a more...

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