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What does the rise of the circular economy mean for the supply chain? Dave Berridge, secretary of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), takes a look. The presence of 17-year-old campaigner, Greta Thunberg, at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year underlined the importance of climate change on the global agenda. All around us we see signs of change: from reusable coffee cups and bars of shampoo to the resurgence of doorstep deliveries of milk in glass bottles. Consumers, shareholders and governments are beginning to embrace sustainability - and organisations are under increasing pressure to reduce the amount of waste they produce. We are witnessing the change from a traditional, linear economy to a circular one - and logistics executives need to wake up to the fact that the supply chain will play a key role in this process.