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The circular economy

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A new relationship with our goods and materials would save resources and energy and create local jobs, explains Walter R. Stahel.

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  1. Walter R. Stahel is founder and director of the Product-Life Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also a member of the Club of Rome and a visiting professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK.,

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