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Futures of Fixing : Exploring the life of product users in circular economy repair society scenarios

Svensson-Höglund, Sahra ; Thorslund, Minna Laurell ; Richter, Jessika Luth LU ; Olsson, Anna Richter ; Jensen, Charlotte Louise ; Quist, Jaco ; Russell, Jennifer and Dalhammar, Carl LU (2022)
Abstract
A Circular Economy (CE) constitutes one pathway towards realising sustainable productionand consumption. Here, the repair of broken products (compared to replacement) consti-tutes an important strategy to keep products in the economy for longer, thereby reducingwaste, as well as the need to extract resources and emit pollution in the manufacture of areplacement product. In today’s world, repair does not necessarily constitute the naturalresponse to product breakage. However, increasing legislative efforts and grassroots move-ments are attempting to change that and make repair accessible, affordable and culturallyacceptable. The question is what such a society – where repair is normalised – would be like.
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repair, circular economy, future studies
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International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University
ISBN
978-91-87357-81-7
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Creating a repair society to advance the Circular Economy – policies, networks and people
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English
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2022-10-11 13:01:43
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  author       = {{Svensson-Höglund, Sahra and Thorslund, Minna Laurell and Richter, Jessika Luth and Olsson, Anna Richter and Jensen, Charlotte Louise and Quist, Jaco and Russell, Jennifer and Dalhammar, Carl}},
  institution  = {{International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-87357-81-7}},
  keywords     = {{repair; circular economy; future studies}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Futures of Fixing : Exploring the life of product users in circular economy repair society scenarios}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/125379709/Svensson_Hoglund_et_al_2022_Futures_of_Fixing_Report_Final.pdf}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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