Imagined futures of everyday life in the circular economy

Welch, Daniel; Keller, Margit; Mandich, Giuliana

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“…Of these, most of the articles addressed the nature, meanings, and dynamics of consumption. Studies offered new ways of understanding specific solutions [141]; they inquired about how everyday life would exist in a circular future [142], and what aspects defined consumption in this particular context [143,144]. Only two papers questioned the socio-political consequences of the circular economy and inquired about equity in this context [7,24].…”

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“…Usually, such characteristics arise from initiatives that come from the bottom-up, rather than top-down. [132,[136][137][138][139]142,143,145,147,158,164]…”

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“…Circular solutions should also consider these aspects. [134,137,142,[144][145][146]149,164] Political consumerism Consumers perceive circular solutions as a form of rebellion against mainstream consumption, and engaging with them is expected to reflect a certain political stance. In the past, material consumption was perceived as a sign of status; however, dematerialised consumption becomes the norm in the circular economy.…”

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“…Nature of consumptionThese articles reflected on what makes the consumption of circular solutions different from the consumption of other types of offerings. 6[7,24,[141][142][143][144] …”

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Consumption in the Circular Economy: A Literature Review

2018

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A circular economy (CE) aims at decoupling value creation from waste generation and resource use by radically transforming production and consumption systems. Recent reviews on the topic of the circular economy have indicated that cultural barriers are a significant factor hindering the diffusion of so-called 'circular' business models, particularly the lack of consumer-or user-acceptance. However, none of them has provided an overview of the existing literature addressing such issues that can help academics and practitioners better understand consumption considerations when addressing the circular economy. Motivated by these observations, this paper presents the results of a literature review that summarises and discusses insights from 111 articles in terms of the problem area, theoretical approaches, methods, and tools that have been used to collect and analyse data, the main issues, and identified research gaps. The results show that most of the existing scientific work on the circular economy and circular solutions addressing consumption has focussed on identifying factors that drive or hinder the consumption of circular solutions. A smaller but expanding set of articles has focussed on offering insights into the nature, meaning, and dynamics of consumption in the context of the circular economy. According to this set of articles, consumption in the circular economy is anonymous, connected, political, uncertain, and based on multiple values, not only utility. A smaller set of papers has explored the integration of user and consumer perspectives into design processes. Although these contributions are relevant, opportunities for further research are still open, particularly regarding socio-material and cultural aspects of consumption in the context of the circular economy, and the role of digitalisation. In addition, more work could be done regarding strategies to foster not only acceptance but also the adoption and diffusion of the circular economy. Based on the findings of this literature review, some ideas for a research agenda on the issue of consumption in the circular economy are outlined.

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“…Usually, such characteristics arise from initiatives that come from the bottom-up, rather than top-down. [132,[136][137][138][139]142,143,145,147,158,164]…”

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“…Nature of consumptionThese articles reflected on what makes the consumption of circular solutions different from the consumption of other types of offerings. 6[7,24,[141][142][143][144] …”

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Consumption in the Circular Economy: A Literature Review

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“…Lazarevic and Valve (2017) describe how circular economy documents describe a hero's journey of transitioning to an economy that builds on ideas about a perfect circle of slow material flows, a shift from consumers to users, visions of decoupling economic growth from environmental protection and ideas of security and competitiveness. In a similar manner, Welch, Keller, and Mandich (2016) direct attention to the imagined everyday futures of circular economy policies and argue that these policies bring together conflicting orders of worth in a way that marginalises ecological matters. They diagnose a "crisis of political imagination" (Welch et al, 2017: 51) and call for critical engagement with these futures and especially the incompatible orders of worth that are potentially naturalised through them.…”

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The Circular Economy in Europe

Kovacic¹,

Strand²,

Völker³

2019

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List of illustrations ix List of contributors x PART I Circular economy as a policy concept 1 1 Introduction: the sixteenth century map 3 2 Limits to growth: historical antecedents of the circular economy 3 Enter Ellen: the circular economy hits the European scene 4 The circular economy: a concept in the making PART II Critical perspectives 59 5 Postulating circularity: biophysical flows and the problem of entropy 6 Imagining circularity: the circular economy as a sociotechnical imaginary 7 Measuring circularity: indicator development in the circular economy 104 8 Governing circularity: how to govern in the nexus 127 PART III The future of change 9 Narratives of stop and go 10 What kind of science is needed in a changing world? 11 From the sixteenth to the twenty-first century Index viii Contents Department of Science and Technology Studies of the University of Vienna. At this department he held a position as PhD candidate in a project called "Transdisciplinarity as Culture and Practice". In close collaboration with Ulrike Felt he wrote a thesis on practices of "futuring" in transdisciplinary sustainability research. The thesis explores collectively held imaginations of science-society relations in sustainability research in Austria. It was xiv List of contributors during the time of writing this dissertation when Thomas' research started to focus more on questions of collective imagination and the governance of science and technology as well as on issues related to sustainability policy. This interest was deepened at the RWTH Aachen, where Thomas worked with the group of Daniel Barben that focused more on the technology and innovation side of STS. After his time in Aachen, Thomas worked with Martina Merz at the Department of Science Communication and Higher Education Research in Vienna, focusing on issues of quality again. This time around it was about how "quality" as a category is constructed and applied in academia. This work focused on the interplay between practices and cultures of the humanities, natural and social sciences from a perspective interested in the formation and stabilisation of epistemic cultures. Finally, at the Joint Research Centre Thomas gained experience in working in policy-oriented research at an institution that understands itself as situated at the "science-policy interface". In his time at the JRC Thomas worked with Ângela Guimarães Pereira in interdisciplinary project teams and focused on policy analysis, on modes of engagement and participation and on questions about the role quantification in policy-making. Importantly, Thomas has been involved in work that aims at fostering more engagement-oriented and participatory processes within EU institutions. This has been done through a number of collaborations with both colleagues from other JRC departments and with policy makers from European Commission policy DGs. Additionally, Thomas has contributed to a number of workshops and designed and organized citizen engagement trainings for the European Commission. It was especially in these ...

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Co-creating a Vision and Roadmap for Circular Economy in the Food and Beverages Packaging Sector

Lopes¹,

Santos²,

Videira³

et al. 2021

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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This paper describes a collaborative process engaging key stakeholders to co-create a shared vision for 2035 and a roadmap for action to support a circular economy transition in the packaging of the food and beverages sector in Portugal. Although the need to engage stakeholders is widely acknowledged, few collaborative initiatives can be found in the literature for scoping and visioning of circular economy strategies. Three main stages are broadly proposed to conduct a participatory scoping and visioning process, including the conduction of exploratory interviews and a collaborative visioning workshop supported by desk-based research. Engaging agents from across the value chain and from critical knowledge fields allowed to create a common understanding of major challenges, opportunities, and key circular strategies to implement towards a desired vision of the future. Five main areas of action were identified: innovation and research, new business models; eco-design; marketing and communication; and regulation and incentives. This work allowed to draw useful lessons for the sector: (i) there is a great potential of circularity in the food and beverages packaging sector; (ii) the engaged stakeholders have the will to continue collaborating. Regarding the proposed process: (i) a process of this nature allows the co-creation of a shared vision and the definition of a roadmap to achieve it and (ii) engaging stakeholders from all the value chain in structured discussions and collaborative exercises may contribute to promote social learning and knowledge co-creation. Some limitations can be pointed out; an important one is the dependency on stakeholders' engagement, which could bring additional challenges when implementing a

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Imagined futures of everyday life in the circular economy

Cited by 32 publications

References 4 publications

Consumption in the Circular Economy: A Literature Review

Consumption in the Circular Economy: A Literature Review

The Circular Economy in Europe

Co-creating a Vision and Roadmap for Circular Economy in the Food and Beverages Packaging Sector

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