Influence of Reduced Ownership on the Environmental Benefits of the Circular Economy

Junnila, Seppo; Ottelin, Juudit; Leinikka, Laura

doi:10.3390/su10114077

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“…Other recent studies use aggregated IO tables to derive material intensities (e.g., in terms of kg/EUR) and national survey expenditure data in order to give a more differentiated picture of the Material Footprint of private consumption [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Such approaches imply a direct relation between the expenditure and resource use of private households.…”

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Predicting the Material Footprint in Germany between 2015 and 2020 via Seasonally Decomposed Autoregressive and Exponential Smoothing Algorithms

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Recent research on the natural resource use of private consumption suggests a sustainable Material Footprint of 8 tons per capita by 2050 in industrialised countries. We analyse the Material Footprint in Germany from 2015 to 2020 in order to test whether the Material Footprint decreases accordingly. We studied the Material Footprint of 113,559 users of an online footprint calculator and predicted the Material Footprint by seasonally decomposed autoregressive (STL-ARIMA) and exponential smoothing (STL-ETS) algorithms. We find a relatively stable Material Footprint for private consumption. The overall Material Footprint decreased by 0.4% per year between 2015 and 2020 on average. The predictions do not suggest that the Material Footprint of private consumption follows the reduction path of 3.3% per year that will lead to the sustainable consumption of natural resources.

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Predicting the Material Footprint in Germany between 2015 and 2020 via Seasonally Decomposed Autoregressive and Exponential Smoothing Algorithms

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“…Further research is needed on how P2P sharing platforms influence users' consumption patterns. With the proliferation of P2P platforms, it will be important to assess behavioral changes as the sharing would become more accessible [53].…”

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Assessing the Environmental Potential of Collaborative Consumption: Peer-to-Peer Product Sharing in Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden

2019

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Collaborative consumption—through sharing services—has been promoted as an important step in transforming current consumption patterns toward more sustainable practices. Whilst there are high expectations for sharing services, there are few studies on the potential environmental benefits and impacts of sharing services. This study aims to analyze the potential environmental impacts of a peer-to-peer (P2P) product sharing platform and potential integration with a package drop-off/pick-up service in the urban district of Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden. A life cycle approach is adopted, taking into account product lifetime and use, the potential replacement of conventional products and services, impacts from digital infrastructure and their impacts on the environment. The results indicate that there is significant potential for these sharing services to reduce environmental impacts associated with production and consumption; primarily through avoiding production and reducing the production impacts of new product purchases. The results also illustrate potential synergies to integrate with the package drop-off/pick up service; where the impacts from shared products are further reduced by reducing transportation impacts through improved logistics. However, the results are dependent upon, and sensitive to, a number of methodological choices and assumptions; highlighting the need for greater knowledge on the use environmental assessments of sharing services.

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“…Waste is considered as a resource or product by Iacovidou et al (2019); Iuga (2016); Van Ewijk et al (2018); Velenturf et al (2018); Wilts et al (2016); Zwirner et al (2017), reduce-reuse-recycle are viewed as one of the components in circular economy by Cooper et al (2017); Ghenţa and Matei (2018); Heyes et al, (2018); Moreau et al (2017); Nakamura and Kondo (2018); Vanegas et al (2018); Wuttke et al (2017), closing the loop as a way towards circular economy is considered by Braun et al (2018); Bressanelli et al (2018); Cerdas et al (2015); Cole et al (2018); Haupt et al (2017); Hobson et al (2017); Niero et al (2017); Niero and Olsen (2016); Stewart et al (2018); Witjes and Lozano (2016). Life cycle assessment is highlighted by scholars Boutkhoum et al (2016); Junnila et al (2018); Niero and Kalbar (2019); Van der Voet et al (2018). Hence, resource efficiency (Huang et al, 2017;Iuga, 2016;Lozano et al, 2018;Michelini et al, 2017;Milios, 2017;Muranko et al, 2017;Nußholz, 2017;Pan & Li, 2016;Popa & Popa, 2016;Reuter, 2016;Smol et al, 2017;…”

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Circular economy in clusters' performance evaluation

Razminienė

2019

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Research background: The value of clusters in developing advanced technology products and services as well as promoting regional growth is acknowledged by many policymakers and researchers (Lee et al., 2012). Hence, clusters are identified as enablers of the circular economy and resource efficiency in this study. Companies aim to enhance competencies and create competitive advantages in global competition and this can be achieved through pulling from a common and accessible pool of resources, information and demand for innovation which means that companies can profit from belonging to a cluster. Purpose of the article: The main aim of the article is to overview the scientific literature that addresses the circular economy, identify clusters and their role in the circular economy and suggest how small and medium enterprises could engage in a circular economy through clusters' performance development. Methods: Bibliometric literature analysis enables identifying the latest trends in scientific articles regarding a circular economy and clusters. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) allows for composing the scheme of the cluster’s competitive advantage within circular economy. Findings & Value added: The findings suggest that resource efficiency is considered to be one of the most important ambitions and clusters can work as enablers of a circular economy for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), gaining a competitive advantage at the same time. Clusters can encourage and provide conditions in which SMEs would turn to a circular economy. The scheme of Cluster's competitive advantage proposed by the author can help cluster's coordinators, policymakers and all the concerned parties to verify the importance of clusters' involvement in the circular economy.

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Influence of Reduced Ownership on the Environmental Benefits of the Circular Economy

Abstract: The circular economy has

Cited by 31 publications

References 54 publications

Predicting the Material Footprint in Germany between 2015 and 2020 via Seasonally Decomposed Autoregressive and Exponential Smoothing Algorithms

Predicting the Material Footprint in Germany between 2015 and 2020 via Seasonally Decomposed Autoregressive and Exponential Smoothing Algorithms

Assessing the Environmental Potential of Collaborative Consumption: Peer-to-Peer Product Sharing in Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden

Circular economy in clusters' performance evaluation

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