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- Dalhammar, Carl, et al.
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Enabling Reuse in Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes for White Goods : Legal and Organisational Conditions for Connecting Resource Flows and Actors
- 2021
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Ingår i: Circular Economy and Sustainability. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2730-5988 .- 2730-597X. ; 1:2, s. 671-695
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes have proliferated across Europe and other parts of the world in recent years and have contributed to increasing material and energy recovery from waste streams. Currently, EPR schemes do not provide sufficient incentives for moving towards the higher levels of the waste hierarchy, e.g. by reducing the amounts of waste through incentivising the design of products with longer lifespans and by enhancing reuse activities through easier collection and repair of end-of-life products. Nevertheless, several municipalities and regional actors around Europe are increasingly promoting reuse activities through a variety of initiatives. Furthermore, even in the absence of legal drivers, many producer responsibility organisations (PROs), who execute their members’ responsibilities in EPR schemes, are considering promoting reuse and have initiated a number of pilot projects. A product group that has been identified as having high commercial potential for reuse is white goods, but the development of large-scale reuse of white goods seems unlikely unless a series of legal and organisational barriers are effectively addressed. Through an empirical investigation with relevant stakeholders, based on interviews, and the analysis of two case studies of PROs that developed criteria for allowing reusers to access their end-of-life white goods, this contribution presents insights on drivers and barriers for the repair and reuse of white goods in EPR schemes and discusses potential interventions that could facilitate the upscale of reuse activities. Concluding, although the reuse potential for white goods is high, the analysis highlights the currently insufficient policy landscape for incentivising reuse and the need for additional interventions to make reuse feasible as a mainstream enterprise.
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- Richter, Jessika Luth, et al.
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Reaping What WEEE Sow: The potential for harvesting spare parts for repair and refurbishment
- 2021
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Ingår i: 4th PLATE 2021 Conference Proceedings : 4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) - 4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE).
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- A Circular Economy (CE) calls for the value of materials and products to be maintained and recovered through narrowing, closing, and slowing loops. However, there remain challenges in moving up the waste hierarchy and not only recycling materials from products, but also capturing value through reuse of components in refurbished and repaired products. In this paper, we examine the practice of “harvesting” spare parts from discarded white goods and consumer electronics in Norway, Sweden and California. Through literature review and interviews, we examine the sources of WEEE and potential spare parts, the use and markets for harvested spare parts, and the harvesting process itself. We identify key conditions, actors, and barriers and discuss how spare part harvesting could be upscaled to support increasing repair and refurbishment activities, which can increase product lifetimes and reduce waste.
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- Richter, Jessika Luth, et al.
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Taking stock for repair and refurbishing: A review of harvesting of spare parts from electrical and electronic products
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Industrial Ecology. - : Wiley. - 1530-9290 .- 1088-1980. ; 27:3, s. 868-881
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A circular economy (CE) calls for the value of materials and products to be maintained and recovered through narrowing, closing, and slowing loops. However, there remain challenges in capturing value through reuse of components in refurbished and repaired products. In this paper, we provide an overview of the research and practice of harvesting spare parts from used and waste electrical and electronic equipment (white goods and consumer electronic products). Through a literature review and case studies of Norway, Sweden, and California, we provide an overview of drivers and barriers for spare part harvesting. Applying a stakeholder value mapping framework, we identify the key stakeholders involved in spare part harvesting and map the values captured, missed, and destroyed to identify opportunities for increased value retention. Finally, we suggest further refinements for policy to upscale spare part harvesting in light of CE goals and objectives.
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- Thidell, Aake, et al.
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Municipality approaches to citizen support in sustainable fashion consumption
- 2019
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In recent years, many Swedish municipalities have taken actions and initiatives to support citizens to more sustainable textile and fashion consumption. This study seeks to, on one hand, describe more advances of such initiatives, what actors in municipalities, affiliated organizations, and collaboration partners that initiated the actions. Another aim is to investigate existing government policies related to sustainable fashion consumption that influence the initiatives and actions at municipal level.The work is based on a combination of approaches: review of municipality reports and meta-studies on relevant municipal initiatives and interviews on specific measures with officials that have been involved in textile and fashion related actions. Literature was also reviewed on policy measures and influences that can have initiated the activities on sustainable fashion consumption at municipal levels.
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