Lena Holm Christensen

David McKinnon

Camilla Christensen

Leonidas Milios

Ioannis Bakas

Márton Herczeg

Eldbjørg Blikra Vea

Niels Busch 

Camilla K. Damgaard

Henna Punkkinen

Margareta Wahlström

This project examines the market for recycled plastic, with a primary focus on post-consumer plastic waste because this is considered to be the more problematic. The market for plastic waste generated in manufacturing and production is relatively strong and well-functioning; As a consequence, the majority of plastic waste from manufacturing and production is recycled. Post-consumer waste is much less homogenous: it comes from a wide variety of sources, and contains a wide variety of plastics and tends to be difficult to collect, sort, and recycle. This project identifies barriers to further utilisation of recycled plastics, and analyses a collection of policy tools that could be used to support and expand that market.

Overcoming barriers to better resource utilisation

Plastic Waste Markets

David Watson

Bjørn Bauer

Naoko Tojo

Harald Throne-Holst

Anja Charlotte Gylling

The circular economy offer opportunities to reduce resource use and waste whilst providing business opportunities. This is also true in the mobile phone industry that has been characterised by high rates of product obsolescence. The emergence of the smart phone has changed the landscape, making repair, refurbishment and resell attractive to businesses and consumers. Moreover, emerging modular phone design should allow functional upgrades with low resource wastage. This report investigates the adoption of circular business models within Nordic markets. Producers, retailers, refurbishers, recyclers and resellers tell of their motivation, experiences and the challenges that they face. A special look is taken at consumer and waste law and the challenges and opportunities they represent. The report ends with 17 policy proposals that can accelerate the adoption of circularity in the sector.

Circular Business Models in the Mobile Phone Industry

Leonidas Milios

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