The taxonomy shows 7 circular citizen types organized into 3 motivation-focused categories, distinguished by main circular production-consumption practice modes and described in terms of features, actions, challenges and impact:
1. focus on alternative social settings
– do-it-together citizens: community-empowering prosumption and consumption
– strategic citizens: strategic prosumption
– sharing citizens: commonly organized consumption
2. focus on individual competencies
– do-it-yourself citizens: competence-expanding prosumption and consumption
– sensor citizens: knowledge-expanding production
3. focus on alternative materials arrangements
– zero-waste citizens: resource-light and waste-avoiding production and consumption
– utility-oriented citizens: need/utility-oriented consumption


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