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Scaling up British fashion upcycling businesses: Multi-stakeholder perspectives
(Global Fashion Conference 2018, 2018-12-31)
Purpose: Fashion upcycling, the process of using waste clothing and textiles to create new products, is an alternative to business-as-usual practices which can effectively address concerns on excessive consumption of energy ...
An exploratory study on the consequences of individual upcycling: is it worth making people feel attached to their upcycled products?
(Nottingham Trent University, 2015-06-09)
Product attachment, the emotional bond experienced with a product, is an emerging concept for sustainable production and consumption. The logic behind it is that when people are attached to any product, they are more likely ...
An exploratory study on the links between individual upcycling, product attachment, and product longevity
(Nottingham Trent University, 2015-06-17)
Product attachment, the emotional bond experienced with a product, is an emerging concept for sustainable production and consumption. The logic behind it is that when people are attached to any product, they are more likely ...
Emerging Social Movements for Sustainability: Understanding and Scaling Up Upcycling in the UK
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018-05-01)
Social movements have campaigned for environmental sustainability, most notably in relation to sustainable food production and climate change. Past research on these social movements has paid attention mainly to the ...
Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the challenges and success factors for scaling up upcycling businesses in fashion industry in the UK
(Grafima Publications, 2017-10-01)
The fashion industry causes serious environmental impacts through its consumption of
energy and material resources and its use of chemicals. Alternatives to business-as-usual
practices within the fashion industry can ...
A review on upcycling: Current body of literature, knowledge gaps and a way forward
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2015-04-13)
Upcycling is a process in which used materials are converted into something of higher value and/or quality in their second life. It has been increasingly recognised as one promising means to reduce material and energy use, ...
Individual upcycling practice: Exploring the possible determinants of upcycling based on a literature review
(The Centre for Sustainable Design, 2014-11-04)
Individual upcycling – the creation or creative modification of any product out of used materials in an attempt to generate a product of higher quality or value than the compositional elements – has recently been advocated ...
Embedding sustainability in design education: the case of design project on systemic changes for sustainable businesses based on upcycling
(Leeds Arts University, 2019-11-26)
Sustainable design education has become a prevalent practice in design education. Ramirez’s (2007) worldwide survey shows that the majority of the programmes have either compulsory or optional modules on sustainable design. ...
