Consumer motivation for product disposal and its role in acquiring products for reuse

Simpson, Dayna; Power, Damien; Riach, Kathleen; Tsarenko, Yelena

doi:10.1002/joom.1049

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“…Main predictors [36] a Discharge behaviour Subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, size of EEE [40] a Willingness to recycle online Perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, attitudes, economic motivation [41] Disposal for reuse Barriers: attachment and frugality. Drivers: infrequent use and emotional reward.…”

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Urban Mining of e-Waste and the Role of Consumers

Garcia¹,

Langen²

2022

Waste Material Recycling in the Circular Economy - Challenges and Developments

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This chapter adds to the body of literature on the Circular Economy (CE), urban mining, and their intersection with consumer behaviour, by first providing a review of existing and emergent EU regulations aimed towards enhancing the collection rate of household WEEE. The fast growth of the EEE waste stream and its potential for Urban Mining as well as the inability of WEEE collection to keep up with the growth of the EEE industry is showcased with statistical data. The final section critically analyses the literature the intersection between consumer behaviour and closed-loop supply chains for EEE, identified through a systematic keyword search to ensure replicability. The findings point at a lack of theoretical, methodological and product-case heterogeneity among the identified sources, with most of them employing the Theory of Planned Behaviour and survey methods and focusing on mobile phones or general WEEE. While the literature suggests important behavioural differences across EEE categories, this was not representatively explored. The final section contributes to filling this gap by developing a taxonomy of EEE categories based on characteristics that may predispose consumer behaviour. The identified dimensions are: size, involvement, long-term reliability expectations, value type, internet access, multifunctionality, the quality of being outdated and social meaning.

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Section: Study Dependent Constructmentioning

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Urban Mining of e-Waste and the Role of Consumers

Garcia¹,

Langen²

2022

Waste Material Recycling in the Circular Economy - Challenges and Developments

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“…re-designing the car's paintwork or interior) will kerb users' spatial and transformation control over the vehicle, potentially thwarting their drives for efficacy and effectance, self-expression, a place to dwell (belongingness) and/or stimulation [cf. 27,83]. In such cases, users are less likely to develop PO hence feelings of stewardship over the rented item [cf.…”

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“…Greater focus should also be given to negative or counter-productive consequences of developed PO in an access-only context. Consumers sometimes display defensive territoriality [36,37] and/or have difficulties dispossessing and returning [29] psychologically owned items with such behaviours having potential relevance to resource recovery hence the effectiveness of Circular business models [4,83]. As yet, the role PO plays in the late or non-return of accessed items has not been fully explored with the same also true of goods returned in a dirty or damaged condition [although see [84][85][86][87][88].…”

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“…Item Dispossession Finally, more research investigating the role PO plays in item relinquishment is needed. Product relinquishment is not always economically motivated and may be shaped by factors such as habituation, taste-changes, infrequent product use, individual differences in either product attachment or retention tendency, and the nature of trade-in opportunities [83][84][85]106]. By contrast, Psychological Ownership Theory implicitly assumes that once formed, item PO will grow indefinitely and so fails to explain people's tendency to neglect, discard, and destroy still functioning products [29,84].…”

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Rented But MINE! Application of Psychological Ownership Theory to Access-Based Consumption and the Circular Economy

Rogers¹

2021

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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Most Circular Economy (CE) research to date has focused on supply-side factors such as the design, implementation, and monitoring of Circular business models, with comparatively little attention given to the role consumers and consumer psychology are likely to play in CE transition. A key driver of the CE framework is widespread public engagement in non-ownership or "access-based" consumption. In the absence of legally established property rights, the extent to which consumers experience a subjective sense of ownership over accessed (i.e., rented or shared) goods and services will be important in both understanding and fostering CE development. This paper introduces the construct and theory of psychological ownership (PO), discussing empirical evidence for its role in access-based consumption, primarily consumers' use of product-service systems (PSSs). Overall, there is reasonable evidence that PSS users can and do develop a sense of psychological ownership for rented items with, by implication, accessed goods and services activating at least one behavioural pathway or "route" to its development. Once attained, PO tends to have a positive-often mediating-impact on users' perceptions, attitudes, intentions, and behaviour towards rented product-services, with stronger PO having greater influence. A conceptual application of Psychological Ownership Theory to access-based consumption-hence the Circular Economic framework-is forwarded, with potential frustrations to PO development, plus implications for marketers and CE strategists, also discussed. With relevant literature, still sparse various directions for future research are also suggested.

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“…2.4 Product attachment Product attachment implies the emotional or psychological bond or connection between a consumer and his/her specific material object (Brough and Isaac, 2012;Simpson et al, 2019). The role of product attachment is a complicating factor in product disposal.…”

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Message framing's role in encouraging idle item recycling

Guo

2021

APJML

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of framing idle item recycling appeals as gains or losses on influencing consumers' idle item recycling intention by assessing the mediating role of perceived impact and the moderating role of product attachment.Design/methodology/approachIn total, three experiments were conducted to gather data. The assumed hypotheses were verified using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and bootstrap analysis.FindingsStudy 1 illustrated that loss-framed messages are more persuasive than gain-framed messages for less-involved consumers in idle item recycling, whereas message framing shows no significant difference in more-involved consumers' intention. Study 2 suggested that perceived impact tends to increase less-involved consumers' recycling intention when the message is framed as loss. Study 3 demonstrated that less-involved consumers would react to idle item recycling messages when they are strongly attached to a product. Further, gain-framed messages are more efficacious than loss-framed messages in influencing more-involved consumers' recycling intention when they are strongly attached to a product.Originality/valuePrevious research focuses on promoting waste recycling behavior initiated by local, city or national governments. This study provides some of the first evidence on the influence mechanism of message framing on consumers' idle item recycling intention and offers insights into companies to develop effective advertising strategies for idle item recycling management.

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Consumer motivation for product disposal and its role in acquiring products for reuse

Cited by 41 publications

References 85 publications

Urban Mining of e-Waste and the Role of Consumers

Urban Mining of e-Waste and the Role of Consumers

Rented But MINE! Application of Psychological Ownership Theory to Access-Based Consumption and the Circular Economy

Message framing's role in encouraging idle item recycling

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