Repair is an essential aspect of circular economy (CE) strategies to extend the life of
products and materials, and has further been suggested as a key sector to benefit from …

The repair industry, consumer expenditure on repair and the number of repair businesses
have been steadily decreasing in many European countries over the last 20–40 years. Our …

In the circular economy discourse it is stressed that products ought to be repairable and that
repair work is assumed to be growing. However, repair can be organised and performed in …

The treatment of ideas of repair in circular economy literature is critically reviewed, revealing
instrumental understandings of repair as a tool to extend product life-spans and reduce …

Repair is a central component of a circular economy to extend the operational phase of
products. Yet, the number of repair service providers as well as demand for repair have …

Using repair services instead of new purchases creates local added value and contributes to
a circular economy. The main aim of this research was to characterize repair service …

Academic literature on circular economy describes repair as an important strategy to prolong
the lifetime of products. However, repair is often analyzed in terms of business models or …

The notion of a circular economy is often presented in discourses on a more sustainable
future. A circular economy proposes more efficient material flows in growth-based economy …

Circular economy (CE) has gained momentum in the political, economic and scientific fields.
The growing popularity of the concept is accompanied by some definitional ambiguities and …

Increasing product lifespans is one of the most effective environmental strategies and
therefore repair is a part of the circular economy approach that aims to keep products and …