181 Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi: the rebound effects of second-hand fashion platforms

When we look closely, we can see that circular solutions can end up compromising - or even cancelling out - sustainability benefits. In this episode, we’ll discuss research into the psychological concept of moral licensing, and the rebound effect. Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi works at the intersection of sustainable fashion, consumer behaviour, and public policy. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut, and her research focuses on the environmental and social implications of global fashion systems, including overconsumption, second-hand markets, and regulatory frameworks. Meital explores how policy design, behavioural insights, and economic structures shape sustainable consumption patterns. She is a board member at the Sustainable Fashion Consumption Research Network, and her work has been published in leading academic journals and featured in global media outlets. We’ll discuss unintended consequences of circular economy solutions in fashion, including the rebound effect associated with second-hand consumption. We’ll also talk about her research into the global flows of used clothing with fieldwork in Ghana.

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181 Dr. Meital Peleg Mizrachi: the rebound effects of second-hand fashion platforms is an episode from Circular Economy Podcast by Catherine Weetman.

This episode is 50:35 long.

This episode was published on May 2, 2026.

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