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Waste Side Story: The other side of consumption

Waste management is one of the most critical problems we face. Our consumer lifestyles create vast amounts of waste, and how we handle it determines our health and the impact we have on the climate. This waste mountain is only set to grow, especially as emerging markets develop a taste for Western consumerism.

Societal and economic pressures are growing to make the most of our resources, as it becomes inescapable that we will have to treat waste in a way that reduces greenhouse emissions. We believe the waste sector offers an array of long-term secular growth opportunities, with limited cyclical volatility.

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