A poorly educated guess: consumers’ lifetime estimations, attitudes towards repairability, and a product lifetime label

R.B.R. van den Berge; L.B.M. Magnier; R. Mugge

doi:10.31880/10344/10181

A poorly educated guess: consumers’ lifetime estimations, attitudes towards repairability, and a product lifetime label

R.B.R. van den Berge, L.B.M. Magnier, R. Mugge

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Consumers’ expectations about product lifetimes have an influence on the actual lifetimes. Promoting repairability and a product lifetime label can potentially encourage consumers to extend product lifetimes. In this paper, we present in-depth insights in how consumers make estimations about product lifetimes, and their attitudes towards repairability and a product lifetime label. Our results reveal that consumers feel unable to make a well-informed estimation about the product lifetime, have negative associations with product repairability, and have concerns about how use intensity and use behavior can be taken into account on a label. Additionally, displaying a minimum number of years on a label may cause unintentional rebound effects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE)
Editors	C. Fitzpatrick
Publisher	University of Limerick
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31880/10344/10181
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	PLATE 2021: the 4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment - Virtual conference at Limerick, Ireland Duration: 26 May 2021 → 28 May 2021 Conference number: 4th https://www.plateconference.org/plate-2021-conference/

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Conference	PLATE 2021
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Virtual conference at Limerick
Period	26/05/21 → 28/05/21
Internet address	https://www.plateconference.org/plate-2021-conference/

Keywords

Circular Economy
Cities
Collaboration
Engagement
Scaling Innovation

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van den Berge, RBR , Magnier, LBM & Mugge, R 2022, A poorly educated guess: consumers’ lifetime estimations, attitudes towards repairability, and a product lifetime label. in C Fitzpatrick (ed.), 4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE). University of Limerick, pp. 1-6, PLATE 2021, Virtual conference at Limerick, Ireland, 26/05/21. https://doi.org/10.31880/10344/10181

A poorly educated guess: consumers’ lifetime estimations, attitudes towards repairability, and a product lifetime label. / van den Berge, R.B.R.; Magnier, L.B.M.; Mugge, R.
4th Conference on Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE). ed. / C. Fitzpatrick. University of Limerick, 2022. p. 1-6.

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