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Resource security through a circular economy

This post is by Julie Hill, Green Alliance associate and chair of the Circular Economy Task Force launched by Green Alliance. Today Green Alliance launches the Circular Economy Task Force. For me, this...

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The new consensus – only green growth will work

This post is by Will Andrews Tipper, Green Alliance’s head of sustainable business. It first appeared on BusinessGreen.com A month ago, I returned from a consultancy career in Brussels to take up a new...

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How better appliance reuse systems could net a £260 million prize

This post is by Jonny Hazell, policy assistant on the Resource Stewardship theme at Green Alliance. Wouldn’t it be nice if every time you ordered a new product, the person who delivered it offered to...

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How retailers can help the UK get more circular – and profit from it

This post first appeared on BusinessGreen. What comes to mind when you think of the British economy? A land of supermarkets and call centres? If so, you wouldn’t be far wrong, as retail business...

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Big manifesto ideas: responsible pensions, help to heat and a resource target

With the 2015 general election on the horizon, we’ve asked leading thinkers and experts for their one big manifesto idea. The one they think will make a real difference to a greener Britain. Today...

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The huge wasted economic opportunity of inconsistent recycling

Our new report, Wasted opportunities, marks the end of the second year for the Circular Economy Task Force of leading businesses. It reveals that outdated recycling systems are losing the UK economy...

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A review of new EU and UK ambitions for a circular economy

A version of this post was first published on BusinessGreen. It’s only years after its 1970s inception that the circular economy concept is really beginning to gain traction. The publication this...

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Low resource prices are no reason to go slow on better productivity

A version of this post first appeared on BusinessGreen. Resource prices have been in the news again of late, although this time for the refreshing reason  that they’ve been tumbling instead of...

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Let’s banish the ghosts of the past and do better on waste in future

Nearly 175 years ago, Charles Dickens ‘invented’ the modern holiday of Christmas through A Christmas Carol, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from miser to the embodiment of festive...

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Why we need more than plastic promises

The post was first published on Business Green. In December 2017, Blue Planet II shocked the world with disturbing images of plastic pollution: albatrosses feeding their chicks plastic bags, plankton...

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Setting the record straight: our view on plastic packaging

Last week, on behalf of the Circular Economy Task Force, we published an insight into what the grocery sector is really doing about plastic. The report, Plastic promises, has generated considerable...

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The secret life of stuff remains a secret to most of us

It is nearly ten years since my book The secret life of stuff was published. Those ten years have seen some big changes to the planetary agenda, and the book might have had an even warmer reception had...

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A circular economy will protect us against future shocks

Over the past few months of upheaval, Covid-19 has succinctly highlighted many shortcomings of what used to pass for the ‘normal’ functioning of economy and society. It’s made many rethink what they...

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It’s time we recognised that overconsuming resources causes climate change...

In just a few short months this year, world leaders will assemble at two landmark conferences to hammer out solutions to the two biggest environmental challenges facing the planet. The COP15...

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What’s in store for the next phase of the Circular Economy Task Force

This post is by Libby Peake, head of resources and Tom Booker, policy assistant at Green Alliance. In 2012, the year we launched our Circular Economy Task Force (CETF), our annual review noted:...

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Why we need more than plastic promises

The post was first published on Business Green. In December 2017, Blue Planet II shocked the world with disturbing images of plastic pollution: albatrosses feeding their chicks plastic bags, plankton...

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It’s time we recognised that overconsuming resources causes climate change...

In just a few short months this year, world leaders will assemble at two landmark conferences to hammer out solutions to the two biggest environmental challenges facing the planet. The COP15...

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No one will win the global battle for critical raw materials

Critical raw materials – those resources vital to the economy with a high risk of supply disruption – have made the headlines before and they’re back on the agenda now. This time they are likely to...

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Why England’s single use plastic ban isn’t what it seems

Saying it wanted to tackle plastic pollution “head on”, the government announced last week it will ban certain single use plastics in England from this October. These include takeaway plates and...

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It’s behind now but construction has huge potential to catch up on climate

Two years ago, in a report for the Circular Economy Task Force, we called on the government to adopt a new strategic approach to resource use. In particular, we wanted to see a bold target to reduce...

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