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Product Service Systems in the Nordics: Paving the Way for Circular Business & Sustainable Consumption

Primary authors:
Kia Egebæk¹, Amalie Børglum Ploug Olsen¹, Lea Kress¹, Mathilde Johansen¹, Johanne Mailund Rebsdorf¹, Dina Bekkevold Lingås¹, Caroline Tranberg Mortensen¹, Yunus Kaae Adams¹, Elvira Borgman¹, Dunia Jørgensen¹, Sofie Nicoline Andersen¹, Sophia Stephany Møller¹, Marius Christensen¹ and Michael James Hall¹

Project consortium: This report is the result of a consortium effort, with contributions from Environice (IS), Norsus (NO), RI.SE (SE) and VTT (FI), who participated in the early phases of the project.

A special thanks to Bjørn Bauer¹, Saskia Manshoven², and Louise Kjær³ for excellent quality control, proofreading and expert knowledge, and to the steering group of representatives from the Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy (NCE) from the Nordic Council of Ministers.

1 Norion Consult
2 VITO
3 Aalborg University

A steering group with representatives from the Nordic Council of Ministers and Saskia Manshoven (VITO) assisted with proofreading and quality control of this report.

TemaNord 2024:552

ISBN 978-92-893-8087-4 (PDF)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/temanord2024-552

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Published: November 2024

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