Environmental Benefits of PSS Strategies: A Bicycle Sharing System Case Study

International audienceCurrent business models base their activities on a classical product lifecycle (manufacturing, distribution, sale, use and end-of-life). The essential implications on use phase activities are therefore dictated by products with a single use phase. However, environmental concerns seek to readapt and reduce the effect of industrial activities. For this reason, offers of products with multiple-usage strategies, like PSS, have been proposed. Many authors stress on environmental benefits or the sustainable potential of the implementation of a PSS approach; often taking for granted advantages such as the intensification of use and the extension of the product life cycle through better maintenance