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Reusing consumer products

Synonyms:
Using second hand equipment
Utilizing second-hand materials
Broader:
Reusing
Utilizing
Broadening systematic purchasing power
Narrower:
Recycling building materials
Facilitates:
Reducing amount of consumer waste
Facilitated by:
Repairing motor vehicles
Monitoring dumping of consumer waste products
Ensuring competent production of consumer goods
Providing full cost accounting of consumer products
Reducing number of consumer products
Problems:
Underutilization of second-hand equipment
Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → Material
Amenities → Equipment
Amenities → Consumers
Industry → Products
Economics → Resource utilization
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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