Responsible consumption practice is crucial to minimizing waste as part of sustainable development (SDG 12). This can be achieved by extending product life in a cradle-to-cradle system as part of a circular economy. However, are consumers willing to extend product life by reusing materials? The phenomenon of re-commerce, where consumers sell products to each other (C2C), takes place in physical as well as web-based markets. This project focuses on enabling factors for re-commerce practices on Facebook among consumers in Bangladesh. A review of existing literature provided grounds for an empirical focus group study of Bangladeshi consumers. Using a social practice theory perspective in a thematic analysis shows that enabling factors in terms of technical competence, context-bound conditions influencing meanings such as socially accepted procedures, and practical practices relating to materials such as payment forms and logistics support, all serve as enabling or hindering factors. The study contributes to the understanding of conditions for re-commerce practices as part of a circular economy system where consumers are encouraged to engage in responsible consumption by extending product life cycles.

As part of sustainable development, more attention is being placed on consumer behavior. Revised economic models have resulted in an understanding of the need for a circular economy. In this perspective, the consumer is not merely the buyer of the product but also a seller in consumer-to-consumer (C2C) activities, here referred to as re-commerce. In this qualitative study, researchers conducted in-depth interviews of 32 respondents from two countries who had second-hand product trading experience on Facebook. The study uses thematic content analysis to analyze the themes of ethical pro-environmental self-identity (PESI) practices in the respondents’ everyday lives. In this study, challenges relating to understanding conditions for fruitful re-commerce are framed in a social practice theory. Focus is placed on ethical pro-environmental self-identity in the context of selling or buying products in Bangladesh and Sweden. The contributions of this study relate to consumer perspectives on what enables re-commerce for six selected product categories. The study also points to the importance of social media and context-bound differences between product groups as well as individuals in two national contexts.

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In agricultural production, contract farming is a widely recognized strategy all over the world where similar type of farmers from different corners of a country are engaging under a single industry. In poultry industry of Bangladesh, Contract Farming (CF) is quite popular. Since inception in 1994, contract farming in poultry industry is quite common and major industrial players of Bangladesh deploy this strategy for gaining competitive advantage. In the CF model, the contribution of an individual farmer to the gigantic production volume of a large poultry farm can’t be denied and, in this way,CF can play a vital role in the sustainable community economic development. The objective of the study is to assess how Contract Farming can contribute in the sustainable community economic development of Bangladesh in the light ofSustainable Development Goals. The study is literature review in nature and secondary sources of information has been consulted. The study concluded that, contract farming is crucial in poultry industry and its contribution in assuring sustainable community economic development is significant.