Factors Influencing Upcycling for UK Makers

Kyungeun Sung, Tim Cooper and Sarah Kettley
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Kyungeun Sung: Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK
Tim Cooper: School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Sarah Kettley: School of Design, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-26

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: scaling up; sustainable consumption; sustainable behaviour; theory of interpersonal behaviour; theory of planned behaviour; upcycling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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