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Systems of practice and the Circular Economy: transforming mobile phone product service systems
journal contribution
posted on 2017-05-19, 13:08 authored by Kersty Hobson, N. Lynch, Debra LilleyDebra Lilley, Grace SmalleyGrace SmalleyOf late, policy and research attention has increasingly focused on making the Circular Economy a reality. A key part of this agenda is the creation of Sustainable Product Service Systems (SPSS) that meet consumers’ needs whilst lessening negative environmental impacts. Although the SPSS literature has grown recently, key aspects require further examination. In response, this paper discusses empirical research exploring consumers’ reactions to a novel, hypothetical mobile phone SPSS, utilizing qualitative methods that included ‘business origami’. It examines consumers’ knowledge about current mobile phone life cycles, and responses to the proposed SPSS, drawing on a ‘systems of practice’ framework to discuss the potential for significant changes in phone purchase and use. It outlines barriers to alterations in practices, underscoring the centrality that connectivity and data storage now have in many peoples’ daily lives, which have for some become clustered around the capabilities and accessibility of the mobile phone.
Funding
This research was funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant EP/K026380/1 ‘Closed Loop Emotionally Valuable E-waste Recovery (CLEVER)’.
History
School
- Design and Creative Arts
Department
- Design
Published in
Environmental Innovation and Societal TransitionsVolume
26Pages
147-157Citation
HOBSON, K. ... et al, 2018. Systems of practice and the Circular Economy: transforming mobile phone product service systems. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 26, pp. 147-157.Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2017-04-18Publication date
2017-05-06Copyright date
2018Notes
This paper was published by Elsevier as Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.ISSN
2210-4224Publisher version
Language
- en