Circular Economy

How businesses can tackle the plastics problem

A plastic bottle is seen floating in an Adriatic sea of the island Mljet, Croatia, May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic - RC1287030070

In the circular economy, “throwaway culture” is replaced by reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink Image: REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Flemming Besenbacher
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus
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