Re-Introducing Consumption to the ‘Circular Economy’: A Sociotechnical Analysis of Domestic Food Provisioning

摘要: The paper makes two contributions to the advancement of ‘circular economy’ as a blueprint for more sustainable society. first is highlight importance understanding dynamics consumption and waste in domestic sphere. second illustrate ways which using insights from socio-technical literature on consumption, combination with sociology food, could contribute redressing this shortfall. This includes why people use or consume particular goods services, how might be altered; what drives production adoption strategies its reduction by consumers. We mobilise perspective highlights everyday interactions between routine activities, mundane technologies cultural meanings (re)producing patterns consumption. These are illustrated reference food provisioning, empirical data generated through twenty semi-structured interviews consumers relation meat thriftiness. Two suggestions development better take account within sphere made. shift imagining ‘users’ products conceptualisation ‘doers’ activities. broadening principle ‘eco-effectiveness’ social value