CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY: ASSESSING PROGRESS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN DEVELOPING CIRCULAR PRODUCT MODELS FOR OUTDOOR HARD GOODS PRODUCTS
Abstract
The term "circular economy" is often used to describe an idealized consumer product
model where products at the end of their useful life are recycled as inputs to material
manufacturing or returned harmlessly to the biosphere. The transition to a circular
economy, however, requires significant action by many parties across the global value
chain and is still nascent. While there is an emerging body of research on this topic,
hard goods in the outdoor industry is a product category that has not been the subject
of much research to date. This report features case studies that assess various such
products that represent components of circular product models. The case studies explore
the progress made and challenges encountered in deploying circular product models.
Finally, the report identifies opportunities to further deploy circular product models
across this category and beyond.
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Gausewitz, Gregory H. (2018). CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY: ASSESSING PROGRESS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES
IN DEVELOPING CIRCULAR PRODUCT MODELS FOR OUTDOOR HARD GOODS PRODUCTS. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16515.Collections
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