Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025)

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Measuring the Impact of Smartphone Reuse Interventions on Consumer Choice and Product Lifetime

Repairing and regenerating the community

Dealing with barriers to repair from the repairers’ perspective

Repair is a key component of the circular economy paradigm and holds great environmental potential. Our current linear economies, which rely on constantly expanding markets, are not conceived to be restorative and hence create structural barriers to...

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Transformative repair beyond materiality

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Designing Electronics for a Circular Economy

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Does the EU Eco-design for Sustainable Product Regulation Address Premature Obsolescence?

Premature obsolescence has significant environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Extending the lifetime of products is a key aim of the Eco-design for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR), recently introduced by the European Commission. Several barri...

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“Oh no, it’s broken!”

Today a large variety of products with various features and designs are available for consumers. In addition to the main functions of a product, there are more and more additional functions, especially for electrical and electronic appliances. This m...

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Behavioural rebound effects and secondary benefits of sustainability-oriented design

Despite the growing body of research on the role of rebound effects (RE) in offsetting potential environmental gains, understanding of secondary benefits (SB) remains limited. SB are induced behavioural or systemic changes triggered by sustainability...

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Hygiene practices in everyday Life

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased use of disposable products, notably face masks and disposable gloves. While these items serve as a protective barriers against health hazards, they also pose significant environmental risks due to their reso...