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 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 …

The literature on the circular economy is dominated by visions that either disregard the role
of civil society in (transitions to) a circular economy or depict civil society actors merely as …

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 …

The idea of replacing the broken linear economy with circular forms to help address the
current sustainability crisis is gaining world-wide traction in policy, industry, and academia …

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 …

Circular economies are often framed as addressing a trio of problems: environmental
degradation, economic stagnation, and social ills, broadly defined. Our paper centers on this …

Over the last decade, the aspirational rhetoric of circular economics has intensified
exponentially. At the same time, the boundaries of projected circular economy outcomes …

Circular economy and degrowth offer two different imaginaries for a future social
metabolism: both seek to downscale waste and the demand for raw materials. Yet whereas …