Assessing the Environmental Potential of Collaborative Consumption: Peer-to-Peer Product Sharing in Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden
| Autor: | Charlie Gullström, Michael Martin, David Lazarevic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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020209 energy Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 kulutus 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Peer-to-peer TD194-195 computer.software_genre 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources ekotase Sharing economy alustat 11. Sustainability 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Production (economics) yhteiskulutus GE1-350 collaborative consumption 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Service (business) Consumption (economics) kestävä kehitys Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry jakoalusta vertaiskommunikaatio sharing economy environmental impacts vertaiselta vertaiselle peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing platform Environmental economics sustainability jakamistalous Environmental sciences Product (business) vertaisverkot ympäristövaikutukset life cycle assessment (LCA) Sustainability New product development kestävyys Business ympäristövaikutusten arviointi computer |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 190 (2019) Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 1 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su11010190 |
| Popis: | Collaborative consumption&mdash through sharing services&mdash has been promoted as an important step in transforming current consumption patterns toward more sustainable practices. Whilst there are high expectations for sharing services, there are few studies on the potential environmental benefits and impacts of sharing services. This study aims to analyze the potential environmental impacts of a peer-to-peer (P2P) product sharing platform and potential integration with a package drop-off/pick-up service in the urban district of Hammarby Sjö stad, Stockholm, Sweden. A life cycle approach is adopted, taking into account product lifetime and use, the potential replacement of conventional products and services, impacts from digital infrastructure and their impacts on the environment. The results indicate that there is significant potential for these sharing services to reduce environmental impacts associated with production and consumption primarily through avoiding production and reducing the production impacts of new product purchases. The results also illustrate potential synergies to integrate with the package drop-off/pick up service where the impacts from shared products are further reduced by reducing transportation impacts through improved logistics. However, the results are dependent upon, and sensitive to, a number of methodological choices and assumptions highlighting the need for greater knowledge on the use environmental assessments of sharing services. |
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