Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Moving away from the throwaway society : Five policy instruments for extending the life of consumer durables

Dalhammar, Carl LU ; Hartman, Cornelia ; Larsson, Jörgen ; Milios, Leonidas LU ; Mont, Oksana K. LU and Jarelin, Johan (2022)
Abstract
The majority of all environmental impacts can be linked to our consumption. As real wages increase, so does consumption levels – more holiday trips, more clothing purchases, faster replacement of products for newer versions,etc. This trend poses a threat to the state of our planet. While the Nordic countries are high in the overall rankings of achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, they stand outwith unsustainable levels of resource consumption and waste generation, this is an issue when it comes to Goal 12 – Sustainable consumption and production patterns. The environmental impact from consumption in high-income countries, like Sweden, primarily arise in other countries wheret he manufacturing of products typically takes place.... (More)
The majority of all environmental impacts can be linked to our consumption. As real wages increase, so does consumption levels – more holiday trips, more clothing purchases, faster replacement of products for newer versions,etc. This trend poses a threat to the state of our planet. While the Nordic countries are high in the overall rankings of achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, they stand outwith unsustainable levels of resource consumption and waste generation, this is an issue when it comes to Goal 12 – Sustainable consumption and production patterns. The environmental impact from consumption in high-income countries, like Sweden, primarily arise in other countries wheret he manufacturing of products typically takes place. This presents challenges for the fulfilment of Sweden’s generational goal, which emphasises that environmental problems in Sweden must be solved without increasing environmental impact outsideS weden. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
categories
Popular Science
pages
42 pages
publisher
Chalmers University of Technology
ISBN
978-91-88041-39-5
project
Resource-Efficient and Effective Solutions based on Circular Economy Thinking - Phase 2
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
This report has been translated from the original Swedish version by Katherine Stuart (ToEnglish Pty Ltd).
id
541ab237-2262-4805-b269-198da014952e
alternative location
https://research.chalmers.se/publication/528688/file/528688_Fulltext.pdf
date added to LUP
2022-03-29 15:26:48
date last changed
2022-03-30 08:37:25
@techreport{541ab237-2262-4805-b269-198da014952e,
  abstract     = {{The majority of all environmental impacts can be linked to our consumption. As real wages increase, so does consumption levels – more holiday trips, more clothing purchases, faster replacement of products for newer versions,etc. This trend poses a threat to the state of our planet. While the Nordic countries are high in the overall rankings of achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, they stand outwith unsustainable levels of resource consumption and waste generation, this is an issue when it comes to Goal 12 – Sustainable consumption and production patterns. The environmental impact from consumption in high-income countries, like Sweden, primarily arise in other countries wheret he manufacturing of products typically takes place. This presents challenges for the fulfilment of Sweden’s generational goal, which emphasises that environmental problems in Sweden must be solved without increasing environmental impact outsideS weden.}},
  author       = {{Dalhammar, Carl and Hartman, Cornelia and Larsson, Jörgen and Milios, Leonidas and Mont, Oksana K. and Jarelin, Johan}},
  institution  = {{Chalmers University of Technology}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-88041-39-5}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Moving away from the throwaway society : Five policy instruments for extending the life of consumer durables}},
  url          = {{https://research.chalmers.se/publication/528688/file/528688_Fulltext.pdf}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}