NZ's government plans to switch to a circular economy to cut waste and emissions, but it's going around in the wrong circles
- Written by Hannah Blumhardt, Senior Associate at the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Shutterstock/Brian ScantleburyThe New Zealand government is currently developing plans to address two crises — climate change and waste — and to embrace a circular economy. But it has no clear path for how to do this. The resulting muddle is watering down the potential of a circular economy to bring lasting change.
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