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The waste business smells of money

This survey has been co-produced by Veolia Environmental Services, world number 2 in waste management, and CyclOpe, the leading European research institute for the raw materials and commodities markets. It was written by Elisabeth Lacoste, agriculturist and doctor of economics and Philippe Chalmin, professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine and president …

Recycling is good for the environment, but it costs. Is it worth it?

The charms of modern landfills

At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the world’s oceans, everywhere from …

The waste business smells of money

The ultimate in waste disposal is to tackle the problem at source

This survey has been co-produced by Veolia Environmental Services, world number 2 in waste management, and CyclOpe, the leading European research institute for the raw materials and commodities markets. It was written by Elisabeth Lacoste, agriculturist and doctor of economics and Philippe Chalmin, professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine and president …

Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

The charms of modern landfills