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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/abaa78
	Rebound effects may jeopardize the resource savings of circular consumption: evidence from household material footprints
	Ottelin J.; Cetinay H.; Behrens P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:10
英文摘要	The circular economy model aims to reduce the consumption of virgin materials by increasing the time materials remain in use while transitioning economic activities to sectors with lower material intensities. Circular economy concepts have largely been focussed on the role of businesses and institutions, yet consumer changes can have a large impact. In a more circular economy consumers often become users—they purchase access to goods and services rather than physical products. Other consumer engagement includes purchasing renewable energy, recycling and using repair and maintenance services etc. However, there are few studies on whether consumers actually make these sorts of consumption choices at large scale, and what impacts arise from these choices on life-cycle material consumption. Here we examine what types of households exhibit circular consumption habits, and whether such habits are reflected in their material footprints. We link the Eurostat Household Budget Survey 2010 with a global input-output model and assess the material footprints of 189 800 households across 24 European countries, making the results highly generalizable in the European context. Our results reveal that different types of households (young, seniors, families etc) adopt different circular features in their consumption behaviour. Furthermore, we show that due to rebound effects, the circular consumption habits investigated have a weak connection to total material footprint. Our findings highlight the limitations of circular consumption in today’s economic systems, and the need for stronger policy incentives, such as shifting taxation from renewable resources and labour to non-renewable resources. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd
英文关键词	Circular economy; Material footprint; Rebound; Sharing economy; Sustainable consumption
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Budget control; Life cycle; Taxation; Economic activities; European Countries; Material consumption; Non-renewable resource; Physical products; Renewable energies; Renewable resource; Repair and maintenance; Economics; alternative energy; environmental economics; life cycle analysis; recycling; repair and maintenance; resource management; tax system; Europe
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153549
作者单位	Department of Built Environment, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; Leiden University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden, Netherlands; Stedin, Asset Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Leiden University, Netherlands Leiden University College, The Hague, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ottelin J.,Cetinay H.,Behrens P.. Rebound effects may jeopardize the resource savings of circular consumption: evidence from household material footprints[J],2020,15(10).
APA	Ottelin J.,Cetinay H.,&Behrens P..(2020).Rebound effects may jeopardize the resource savings of circular consumption: evidence from household material footprints.Environmental Research Letters,15(10).
MLA	Ottelin J.,et al."Rebound effects may jeopardize the resource savings of circular consumption: evidence from household material footprints".Environmental Research Letters 15.10(2020).