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How Can We Persuade Consumers to Purchase More Sustainable Products? A Review of European Legal Developments

Dalhammar, Carl LU and Maitre-Ekern, Eléonore (2024)
Abstract
A key strategy to support the vision of a circular economy is to promote the consumption of more sustainable products. Both the EU and its Member States have therefore adopted several policies to support this objective. We review these policies and discuss their potential to trigger changes in consumer behaviour. The discussion is focused on five ‘points of intervention’: (1) regulatory choice editing; (2) persuading consumers to buy sustainable products at the point of purchase; (3) avoiding destruction of unsold/returned products; (4) promoting maintenance and repair of existing products; (5) ensuring that consumers make sustainable choices at the ‘end-of-use’.
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Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability
editor
Santos Silva, Maria ; Nicolussi, Andra ; Wendehorst, Christiane ; Salvador Coderch, Pablo ; Clément, Marc and Zoll, Fryderyk
pages
15 pages
publisher
Routledge
external identifiers
  • scopus:85201860506
ISBN
9781032662008
DOI
10.4324/9781032662046-29
language
English
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yes
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4c38ef1b-f596-474a-bfa9-e60dc6435204
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2024-09-04 22:31:25
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2025-04-04 13:58:04
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  booktitle    = {{Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability}},
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