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Muurling, Lidewij (author)Overconsumption plays a big part in the current environmental crisis, making a shift towards sufficient consumption imperative. Since overconsumption is often a habit, triggering a stop and re-think process in the consumers' minds may be the way for reduction. Societal norms, proven effective for behaviour change, could disrupt consumption...master thesis 2024
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Hurenkamp, Laura (author)This Design for Interaction master thesis is focussed on the development of a design intervention to encourage consumer behaviour towards DIY repair and upgrading of furniture. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Behaviour Insights Team of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Het Groene Brein.<br/><br/...master thesis 2024
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den Ouden, Nika (author)This graduation project focuses on the problem of solid waste, specifically passenger waste at Schiphol Airport. The project aimed to enhance passenger separation behaviour to reduce the amount of residual waste that would be incinerated. <br/><br/>The project began by exploring the FF3 bin's context, including its attributes, pilot tests, waste...master thesis 2023
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Welsch, Margo (author)This thesis explores user motivation and barriers in returning Bosch drills from the DIY Tools range, with the goal of proposing an effective return service. Stakeholder analysis, literature review, and customer research were conducted to inform the design process. The objective of this research was to identify key factors influencing the...master thesis 2023
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van den Wildenberg, Eline (author)This master thesis shows the research and design to tackle overconsumption of products within the context of recreational shopping practices in city centres. Thereby show the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management how they could tackle the ‘Refuse’ strategy of their Circular R-ladder, which is currently unexplored.<br/><br/>Why...<br/>....master thesis 2023
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Hoonhorst, Paulien (author)The sustainability adoption of sustainability practices is currently low for Small Enterprises, Freelancers and Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs), while they must do their part to become more environmentally sustainable. SMEs are responsible for many greenhouse gas emissions emitted and as almost all companies in the Netherlands are SMEs, this...master thesis 2022
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Fan, Xingyu (author)With the rapid rise in consumption and production, natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. As the prevalence of the linear economy leads to neglect in the product end-of-use (EOU) phase, moving towards a circular economy (CE) can maximize the product value by recovering and reusing. <br/>As one of the circular strategies applied by...master thesis 2022
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Mengelers, Tara (author)This graduation project researched how the consumer acceptance of products made of recycled plastic could be enhanced. It provided a great understanding of how products made of recycled plastic are perceived by consumers. Through the process of a pressure cooker, literature review and qualitative user research resulted in eight design...master thesis 2021
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Koek, Simone (author)Scientists have been warning for years about the consequences of the current take-make-waste system, and incremental change is needed to enable the environment to regenerate and move towards a sustainable society. Especially electronic waste (e-waste), which currently increases three times faster than regular waste and is hard to collect and...master thesis 2021
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Martin, Elisabeth (author)An essential step on the way to a circular economy is utilizing recycled materials for new products. Even though the use of recycled plastic has been increasing for the past decades, electronic products have been largely overlooked in this context. Currently, there are no design strategies on how to use recycled plastic in electronic products....master thesis 2021
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van Wensen, Emma (author)The consequences of climate change are becoming visible more and more, also in The Netherlands. Most people consider the environment to be important and want to act sustainable, but they find it hard to really take action. “Where should I start?” “What is actually sustainable and what not?” “What can I do within my budget?” are questions that...master thesis 2021
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Hoogeveen, Lisa (author)The Dutch government wants to be circular in 2050. The industry of kitchens and kitchen appliances needs new innovative models of practice to reduce its environmental footprint. As kitchen appliance manufacturer, ATAG Benelux is investing in innovation to create more sustainable and circular business propositions. In a circular economy products...master thesis 2020
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Zhang, Yunsong (author)Tons of residual waste is being produced during big events nowadays, which can be expensive to manage and negatively influence the environment. Insufficient waste separation is identified as the leading cause, which is feasible to tackle in the near future. To reduce the negative environmental and financial impact of the event's waste, this...master thesis 2020
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Wei, S. (author)Although manufacturers, designers, product/service providers are innovating for more sustainable products and business models to promote sustainable consumption, there are still gaps between satisfactory user experience and real-sustainable use behaviours. HOMIE.B.V offers pay-per-use household appliances and services to stimulate sustainable...master thesis 2020
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van Eijkelenburg, M.C.M. (author)The e-commerce market is growing rapidly in the last decade. The growth of this industry is causing several challenges. These include a larger number of parcels delivered at service points and the CO2 emitted in the parcel delivery. Especially the last mile delivery is a CO2 intensive process. The sector is innovating to reduce their emissions,...master thesis 2020
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Liu, Chenjing (author)Many responsible companies are committed to promoting sustainability and circularity, but suffer from not being able to communicate these concepts and efforts to their users and influence them. KPN is one of these companies. This project aims to find effective approaches to communicate with customers so that they can engage more deeply in the...master thesis 2020
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Simonian, Joeri (author)In this project, a service design approach is used to explore new value opportunities for consumers in a circular product subscription; based on the data that machines and consumers can give as input to a digital system. The analysis and design is focused on the wash machine PSS by Bundles,<br/>a Dutch company that commissioned this assignment....master thesis 2018
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Safari, I. (author)Within the context of today’s linear economy refurbishment constitutes a promising strategy in recovering critical resources. However, the value of refurbishment is currently explored only within specific product categories. This graduation assignment aims to provide insights into the factors affecting consumer acceptance of different product...master thesis 2017
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Folkertsma, L.M. (author)Since the current linear economy is unsustainable, it is necessary to shift towards a circular economy that focuses on limiting the extraction of raw materials and producing less waste. By refurbishing products, their high residual value is preserved and less new products have to be produced. Unfortunately, consumers are often unaware of the...master thesis 2017
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de Groot, P.J. (author)The Dutch internet service provider KPN focusses on offering high quality products to the market and facilitating their users in the best way possible. In the perception of the consumer they are, however, unable to deliver this high standard on the facilitation of online video games. It is expected that this is caused by a relatively high...master thesis 2017