Measuring the Impact of Smartphone Reuse Interventions on Consumer Choice and Product Lifetime

Preliminary Findings

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10428

Keywords:

Circular consumption, Consumer behavior, Product reuse, Effective interventions, Environmental impacts.

Author Biography

Christian Clemm, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Christian Clemm is a researcher at The University of Tokyo in Japan, active in the field of sustainable production and consumption and environmental assessment and ecodesign of technical systems. His current research interests are on reuse and lifetime extension of electronics, decarbonization of urban transportation, and green artificial intelligence.

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Published

24-06-2025

How to Cite

Clemm, C., Amatuni, L., Chun, Y.-Y., & Moon, D. (2025). Measuring the Impact of Smartphone Reuse Interventions on Consumer Choice and Product Lifetime: Preliminary Findings. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10428

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Track 5: Product Lifetime Modelling – Extended Abstracts