The term 'Circular Economy' is becoming familiar to an increasing number of businesses. It expresses an aspiration to get more value from resources and waste less, especially as resources come under a variety of pressures - price-driven, political and environmental. Delivering the circular economy can bring direct costs savings to businesses, reduce risk and offer reputational advantages, and can therefore be a market differentiator -- but working out what counts as 'circular' activity for an individual business, as against the entire economy or individual products, is not straightforward. This guide to the circular economy gives examples of what this new business model looks like in practice, and showcases businesses opportunities around circular activity. It also: explores the debate around circular economy metrics and indicators and helps you assess your current level of circularity, set priorities and measure success equips readers to make the links between their own company's initiatives and those of others, making those activities count by influencing actors across the supply chain outlines the conditions that have enabled other companies to change the system in which they operate. Finally, this expert short work sets the Circular Economy in a political and business context, so you understand where it has come from and where it is going.

Overwhelmed by your clutter? Is your messy house getting you down? Don't know how or where to make a start to calm your chaotic home? You are not alone Join Diane, Julie and Michelle and see how three average British mums tackled our clutter demons - and how we still keep them at bay. We share our simple 6 steps to a clutter-free home that worked for us, and can work for you to in achieving your dream of living in a calm, clean stress-free home. What do you have to lose - apart from lots of annoying clutter...

A collection of fun and challenging Sudoku puzzles.

A collection of fun and challenging Sudoku puzzles.

In Revisiting the Silk Road, experienced author and traveler Julie Hill takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of a little known but volatile region, stretching from Western China to the shores of the oil-rich Caspian Sea and beyond to the Black Sea. Hers is not only a series of journeys overland or a march through ancient history, but an informed and contemporary view of life in both the liveliest cities and the farthest-flung outposts of what once was the world's stoutest and longest economic artery. Julie Hill's journey focuses on bazaars as a recurrent motif-bazaars being the economic, social, and cultural centers of the Silk Road-and radiates from these bazaars to the life around them. Because she speaks their language-literally and culturally-Julie is often welcomed by her hosts not as a customer or a trader but as a confessor and a friend, and she vindicates their trust by bringing their stories to life. In Iran, the author hears the predicament of women crying for freedom, frustrated by the deteriorating economy and the conservatives' stranglehold on power. While inescapably exotic in its subjects and imagery, the book is also a penetrating report on the effects of the recent geopolitical upheavals that have coursed through the region-seen not from the distance of spy satellites or high government places but on the ground, often literally on the street or in the homes of ordinary folk. The realities of today's Silk Road are far more complex than often understood, and this book provides an absorbing and authoritative guide to any reader in search of both a magical adventure and a hard-nosed investigation into one of the world's most important and dynamic regions.