Developing Adequate Communication of Waste Footprints of Products for a Circular Economy : A Stakeholder Consultation

摘要: Relatively few consumers are conscious of the waste generated in course producing goods that they consume, although most aware amount dispose of. This article reports on a small-scale survey (N = 28) among stakeholders aimed at developing adequate communication preconsumer footprints consumer context circular economy. Life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioners and assessed five methodological details an approach for calculating communicating product footprint (PWF). Most respondents expressed guidelines described proposed PWF methodology good enough purposes differentiating byproducts, defining which material flow shall be accounted for. Some LCA declared streamlined method may not conveying environmental significance types. The also concept would primarily useful and/or needed government, contexts improving awareness consumers, policy making, visualizing flows economy, resource efficiency industry, less useful/needed business-to-business context. has been successfully used by diverse stakeholder groups Sweden mostly to promote sustainable production consumption across society. A notable example is ‘invisible waste’ (#invisiblewaste) campaign Swedish Waste Management Association (Avfall Sverige). concerns experts have therefore held true. symbolic power parsimony appears effective sensitizing towards issues so economy strategies beyond recycling possible fully realized.