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Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture

Kristin Leismann, Martina Schmitt, Holger Rohn, Carolin Baedeker

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Resource efficiency in production and technological innovations are inadequate for considerably reducing the current use of natural resources. Both social innovations and a complementary and equally valued strategy of sustainable consumption are required: goods must be used longer, and services that support collaborative consumption (CC) patterns must be extended. “Using rather than owning” strategies, such as product sharing, have the potential to conserve resources. Based on the results of different German studies, this article highlights the resource-saving potentials of CC patterns and recommendations proposed for policies and further research questions. The purpose of this paper is to show that a general resource-saving potential can be realized by “use rather than own” schemes, depending on the application field and the framework for implementation. CC is suitable for making a positive contribution to achieving the Factor 10 target by playing an important role in changing consumer patterns.

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APA 7

Leismann, K., Schmitt, M., Rohn, H., & Baedeker, C. (n.d.). Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

MLA 9

Leismann, Kristin, et al. “Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture.” RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

Chicago

Leismann, Kristin, Martina Schmitt, Holger Rohn, and Carolin Baedeker. n.d.. “Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture.” RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

Harvard

Leismann, K. et al. (n.d.) ‘Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture’, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

BibTeX

@article{leismanncollaborative,
  title = {{Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture}},
  author = {Leismann, Kristin and Schmitt, Martina and Rohn, Holger and Baedeker, Carolin},
  journal = {RePEc: Research Papers in Economics}
}

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