Factors Influencing Upcycling for UK Makers

Kyungeun Sung; Tim Cooper; Sarah Kettley

doi:10.3390/su11030870

Factors Influencing Upcycling for UK Makers

Kyungeun Sung, Tim Cooper, Sarah Kettley

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Changing consumer behaviour can reduce environmental impacts. Upcycling is one of the understudied yet promising, environmentally sustainable behaviours that has the potential to contribute to the reduction of waste and greenhouse gas emissions. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by exploring factors influencing upcycling for UK makers. The study employed a survey based on Triandis’s theory of interpersonal behaviour and Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour. The survey results revealed key determinants of upcycling as attitude, intention, and subjective norm, and demographic characteristics of people who are more likely to upcycle frequently as females aged 30+ working in art and design. The paper further discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the study.

Original language	English
Number of pages	26
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030870
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2019

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scaling up
sustainable consumption
sustainable behaviour
theory of interpersonal behaviour
theory of planned behaviour
upcycling

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Developing interventions for scaling up UK Upcycling
Sung, K., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S., 19 Jul 2019, In: Energies. 12, 14
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Emerging social movements for sustainability: Understanding and scaling up upcycling in the UK
Sung, K., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S., 2018, The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability. Brinkmann, R. & Garren, S. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 299-312
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Individual upcycling in the UK: Insights for scaling-up towards sustainable development
Sung, K. W., Cooper, T. & Kettley, S., 30 Dec 2016, Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom: Approaches, Methods and Projects. Filho, W. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 193-227 35 p. (World sustainability).
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Developing interventions for scaling up UK Upcycling

Emerging social movements for sustainability: Understanding and scaling up upcycling in the UK

Individual upcycling in the UK: Insights for scaling-up towards sustainable development

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