Abstract
A transition to a sustainable circular economy (CE) requires in particular prolonging products lifetime. To do so there is a pressing need to address the barriers to repair activities to make repair accessible, affordable and mainstream. Producers play a key role in this regard as they control both design and information of their products. As an attempt to address these issues requirements about product design and various duties directed at the producers have been included in legislation in different ways. A duty to care is one of them. The concept of a duty of care have no generally agreed definition, neither does it seem to have a consistent content. In Norway, the concept is written in the Product Control Act of 1976, but the provision has not been used to its full potential. On the other hand, at EU level, a duty of care is not as clearly spell out, but seems to inform several CE policies. My aim is thus to investigate whether and how a duty of care may be useful in terms of promoting repair activities. Accordingly, my preliminary research question is: How can a duty of care contribute to promoting repair activities?
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