Jo Confino speaks to Janet Gunter, co-founder of Restart, Dustin Benton, head of resource stewardship at the Green Alliance and Estelle Brachlianoff senior executive vice-president of Veolia UK and Ireland about how to solve local circular economy challenges.

From creating handbags and footballs out of old leather seats, to creating plastic from sludge - there is a huge amount of materials innovation taking place which can help solve huge problems we face around resource scarcity. But are we moving fast enough? And can businesses, governments and consumers be persuaded to declare war on the word 'waste' and work instead to create new a permanent life for materials?

We're at a crossroads when it comes to circular economy thinking. While there is much evidence of enormous business benefits, a lack of awareness, lack of collaboration and complex supply chains are holding businesses back