The final area for future research is related to the role of the public sector in undertaking higher levels of sustainability and the Circular Economy and this is currently underexplored as the emphasis of sustainability and Circular Economy research has been on private businesses (Mulvihill and Harris Ali 2017; Crane and Matten 2016; Blowfield and Murray 2014).
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