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Janez Potočnik interview: How a circular economy can help us go green

9 February 2022

A sustainable future means using less stuff more wisely – but politicians aren’t yet grasping the nettle, says the head of the UN International Resource Panel
The end of waste: The grand plan to build a truly circular economy

The end of waste: The grand plan to build a truly circular economy

9 February 2022

We hack almost 100 billion tonnes of stuff from Earth’s surface every year, and most of it goes to waste. Changing that means a complete overhaul of how we live

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