Anne Peirson-Smith, Sophie V Wetherell, Erica Singer, Alana James, Abigail Irving-Munro, Nkumbu Mutambo, Suzanne Nicolson

Repairing and regenerating the community

Development

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The title, "Repairing and regenerating the community," immediately suggests a highly relevant and potentially impactful topic with broad appeal across...

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Francisco López-Bermúdez, Xavier Vence

Dealing with barriers to repair from the repairers’ perspective

Environment

Repair is a key component of the circular economy paradigm and holds great environmental potential. Our current linear economies, which rely on consta...

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Guy Keulemans, Melinda Gaughwin, Trent Jansen, Brian Parkes

Transformative repair beyond materiality

Philosophy

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Dorien C. van Dolderen, Doris L. Versloot, Soroush Aghaeian, Conny A. Bakker, Ruud Balkenende

Designing Electronics for a Circular Economy

Electro

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Bhavesh Gulati, Laëtitia Dillenseger, Irene Cresci, Tommaso Luzzati

Does the EU Eco-design for Sustainable Product Regulation Address Premature Obsolescence?

Policy

Premature obsolescence has significant environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Extending the lifetime of products is a key aim of the Eco-design for...

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Jana Rückschloss, Christoph Tochtrop, Justus von Geibler, Moritz-Caspar Schlegel

“Oh no, it’s broken!”

Environment

Today a large variety of products with various features and designs are available for consumers. In addition to the main functions of a product, there...

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Imke Gerrie Hanne van der Loo, Anna Lodberg Mammen, Emilie Mia Dirch Hartvigsen, Daniela Cristina Antelmi Pigosso

Behavioural rebound effects and secondary benefits of sustainability-oriented design

Environment

Despite the growing body of research on the role of rebound effects (RE) in offsetting potential environmental gains, understanding of secondary benef...

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This systematic literature review addresses a critical gap in the understanding of behavioural secondary benefits (SB) associated with sustainability-...

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Atle Wehn Hegnes, Nina Heidenstrøm, Kirsi Laitala

Hygiene practices in everyday Life

Sociology

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased use of disposable products, notably face masks and disposable gloves. While these items serve as a protecti...

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This timely study adeptly addresses a critical public health and environmental challenge emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic: the proliferation of dis...

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Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Irene Maldini, Kirsi Laitala

The limitations of product longevity

Design

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The title, "The limitations of product longevity," immediately signals a focused and potentially counter-intuitive exploration into a topic often view...

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Kasper Lange, Jurjen Helmus, Diana Boermans, Inge Oskam

Accelerating Circularity in High-Tech Manufacturing

Environment

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The title, "Accelerating Circularity in High-Tech Manufacturing," immediately signals a highly relevant and timely topic within contemporary industria...

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