Conny Bakker

TL;DR: In this article, a framework of strategies to guide designers and business strategists in the move from a linear to a circular economy is developed, where the terminology of slowing, closing, and narrowing resource loops is introduced.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored a range of product life extension strategies and concluded that tailored approaches are needed to determine when to apply which product life-extension strategy and how to apply them.

TL;DR: There is a fundamental distinction to be made between eco-design and circular product design and a set of new concepts and definitions are developed, starting from a redefinition of product lifetime and introducing new terms such as presource and recovery horizon.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a 15-month pilot with a domestic energy monitor in the Netherlands and explore the extent to which participants manage to sustain their initial electricity savings over time, with a special focus on the development of habitual energy-saving behavior.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence consumer acceptance of refurbished products and in specific refurbished mobile phones, and they adopted a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews with consumers (n = 20) of new and refurbished phones to gain rich insights into consumers' considerations that play a role in the choice of a refurbished product over a new product.