The circular economy – a reappraisal of the ‘stuff’ we love

Pollard, Simon J. T.; Turney, Andrew; Charnley, Fiona; Webster, Ken

doi:10.1080/00167487.2016.12093979

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“…An estimated $4.5 trillion of potential value from a CE (Lacy and Rutqvist 2015) has been successful in stimulating engagement from different quarters. CE thinking synthetises concepts and ideas in several disciplines (Pollard et al 2016) as outlined also by other scholars (see for instance, Prendeville et al 2018). Circular product design and production are amongst the key enablers of the model (EMF 2015;Esposito et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The engagement of different stakeholders is taking place through a conversation evoking the attainment of a more positive relationship between economy and ecology, one that is focusing on reintegration (EMF et al 2015), regeneration and restoration (EMF and McKinsey 2012), on 'doing the right things' (eco-effectiveness) (Webster 2013a) and that leverages upon creativity to find specific and concrete solution (planning) to the current ecological concerns (Pollard et al 2016). Motivations for positive change to assist CE stakeholders have also been identified.…”

Section: Societal Addictions and A Circular Economy Inspired Visionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Circular Economy as Fictional Expectation to Overcome Societal Addictions. Where Do We Stand?

Angelis

Ianulardo

2020

Philosophy of Management

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Circular economy thinking has become the subject of academic enquiry across several disciplines recently. Yet whilst its technical and business angles are more widely discussed, its philosophical underpinnings and socioeconomic implications are insufficiently investigated. In this article, we aim to contribute to their understanding by uncovering the circular economy role in shaping a new vision, highlighting the social and economic dimensions of future imaginaries and the mechanisms that can enable them to bring about change in the social context. We believe that defining the vision that the circular economy is contributing to shape is key to explain its conceptual framework and activities. Drawing on the concept of fictional expectations, we uncover one of the plausible social dimensions inherent to the circular economy thinking thereby opening up a new perspective on the current debate in the circular economy literature wherein authors, by contrast, are emphasising the lack of an explicit social dimension. Fictional expectations are introduced to refer to those imaginaries of the future that can catalyse social action in the present and counteract societal addictions, in which modern society seems to be trapped. We show how a circular economy inspired vision can be instrumental to the emergence of a fictional expectation that can provide therapies to the current societal addiction of wasteful production and consumption systems. This philosophical background allows us to provide, in conclusion, a new conceptualisation of the circular economy as a cognitive framework instrumental to the emergence of a future imaginary.

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Section: Anticipated In 'The Economics Of the Coming Spaceshipmentioning

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Section: Societal Addictions and A Circular Economy Inspired Visionmentioning

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Circular Economy as Fictional Expectation to Overcome Societal Addictions. Where Do We Stand?

Angelis

Ianulardo

2020

Philosophy of Management

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“…To overcome potential "attitude-behaviour gaps" [94] Similarly, few researchers have attempted to profile ABC users. Through cluster analysis Lawson et al [76 Study 2] found individuals with the most positive attitudes and highest intention to engage in ABC-who they labelled "Change Seekers"-tended to be younger male, ethnically diverse, and more educated with higher incomes, whilst also less materialistic and less possessive, than other cluster groups 14 . Change Seekers also tended to be relatively high in economic consciousness, environmental consciousness and variety seeking yet comparatively low in status consumption, brand loyalty and consumer choice confusion.…”

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“…One demand-side reason for the seemingly radical nature of CE is that it actively promotes access-based consumption (ABC) where all property rights [6], costs, responsibilities, and risks associated with legal ownership remain with the provider, with consumers becoming "users" who are granted temporary access to the product(s) via renting product-service systems (PSSs) and/or engaging in peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing [2] 1 . The hope is that by stimulating a better appreciation of utilitarian value, ABC will help switch peoples' focus away from superfluous purchases to more sustainable consumption activity [2,14]. Consequently, widespread adoption of a Circular Economic framework incorporating ABC will have important legal and psychosocial implications, not least because it will change the fundamental meaning, nature, and dynamics of ownership.…”

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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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The Circular Economy and Planned Sustainability

Gibbs¹

2021

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

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The circular economy – a reappraisal of the ‘stuff’ we love

Cited by 16 publications

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Circular Economy as Fictional Expectation to Overcome Societal Addictions. Where Do We Stand?

Circular Economy as Fictional Expectation to Overcome Societal Addictions. Where Do We Stand?

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

The Circular Economy and Planned Sustainability

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