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Considering the user in the circular economy

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posted on 2017-07-24, 15:37 authored by Vicky LofthouseVicky Lofthouse, Sharon PrendevilleSharon Prendeville
This paper reflects on how much of the dialogue and literature regarding a move towards a circular economy tends to focus on production and that this language reflects a technological narrative around innovation for a future circular economy. The authors argue that there is a need for a more profound consideration of users in both the research activity and practical implementation of the circular economy, where the real needs, desires and values of the end user are incorporated from the outset, whether as part of research agendas, theories, frameworks or business models. The paper concludes by arguing that changing the way that the circular economy is framed so that it is more inclusive of the consumption side of the development process would open up greater opportunities for success.

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PLATE Product Lifetimes And The Environment

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LOFTHOUSE, V.A. and PRENDEVILLE, S., Considering the user in the circular economy. PLATE Product Lifetimes And The Environment, Delft University of Technology, 8th - 10th November 2017

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2017-06-15

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2017

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  • en

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Delft University of Technology

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