Contaminated Interaction: Another Barrier to Circular Material Flows

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 507-516

  Baxter, Weston ^a   Aurisicchio, Marco ^a   Childs, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

circular economy; contamination; experientially transferrable design; industrial ecology; user experience; user object interaction

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CIRCULAR PROCESS; DESIGN PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW; OBJECT INTERACTIONS; PURE MATERIALS; USER EXPERIENCE;

CONTAMINATION;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN METHOD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 85018423231     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12612     Document Type: Article

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