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SustyTalk: BSI’s Martin Townsend on what a successful circular economy looks like

SustyTalk: BSI’s Martin Townsend on what a successful circular economy looks like

To kickstart edie’s Circular Economy Week, BSI's global head of sustainability and the circular economy, Martin Townsend, joins us on SustyTalk, to discuss closed-loop standards, green policy and whether society has reached "peak stuff".

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