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Making carbon count: how pricing in externalities could drive the circular economy

David Newman, World Biogas Association
clock 24 November 2017 •

David Newman of the World Biogas Association argues the global march of carbon pricing schemes will have big implications for the waste industry and beyond

One of the many takeaway themes from this year's UN COP23 Climate Summit in Bonn has been the interest around putting a price on carbon and how this can be instrumental in reducing greenhouse gas emissions...

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