What is it about?
This paper shows that adding services to products (Product Service Systems) does not automatically entail a dematerialisation of the economy. Focusing on the waste effect of take-back systems in the Swedish clothing industry.
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Why is it important?
A transition to a service economy is often presented a way to improve sustainability,. This article shows that it is not always the case.
Perspectives
Time to stress the major environmental impact of services.
Professor Hervé Corvellec
Lunds Universitet
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This page is a summary of: Evidencing the waste effect of Product-Service Systems (PSSs), Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.033.
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