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Jagdeep Singh. Foto.

Jagdeep Singh

Forskare

Jagdeep Singh. Foto.

Assessing barriers to reuse of electrical and electronic equipment, a UK perspective

Författare

  • Christine Cole
  • Alex Gnanapragasam
  • Tim Cooper
  • Jagdeep Singh

Summary, in English

This paper reports on research undertaken to identify generic and specific barriers to reuse of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts from across the value chain including product designers, manufacturers, users and waste managers as well policy makers and academics. The interviews sought to examine perceived and real barriers to reuse in the UK. Three inter-connected factors that limit opportunities and instances of reuse of electrical and electronic equipment were identified, highlighting that both systemic and consumer barriers to increasing levels of reuse exist. These are: producer reluctance, unsuitable collection infrastructure and cultural issues. Overall, the paper shows that low levels of reuse in the electrical and electronic sector are a result of complex and interlinked barriers. Understanding these connections offers the potential to improve the opportunities for reuse, by providing direction for policy makers to address barriers from a multi stakeholder perspective. Increasing instances of reuse is essential if the UK is to successfully move towards a resource efficient, circular economy.

Avdelning/ar

  • Internationella miljöinstitutet

Publiceringsår

2019

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Resources, Conservation and Recycling: X

Volym

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Business Administration

Nyckelord

  • Barriers
  • Circular economy
  • Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)
  • Resource efficiency
  • Reuse

Aktiv

Published

Projekt

  • Urban Reconomy: sharing for circular resource efficiency

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2590-289X