Joan Marc Simon is the coordinator of the Zero Waste network in Europe. He challenges the whole idea of waste and proposes the alternative of a Zero Waste world. Let's redesign the economy to phase-out waste so that all the goods are designed to be repaired, reused, recycled or composted at the end of their life. Joan Marc is economist by training, and we see reasonable economics behind the agenda he presents.

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