Product Service Systems

One trend that Treehugger celebreates is Product Service Systems. A system that allows people to share a product as if a service - and therefore increase that products efficiency and reduces its ecological imprint. An example of which is the communal rental car service, the Zip Car.

Today, they talk about the bike share in Copenhagen:

Their 2,000 bikes can be obtained for one’s riding pleasure, from 110 bike racks around the inner city of Denmark’s Capital, for the refundable deposit of 20 Danish Krone ($3.25 USD).

Treehugger: City Bike in Copenhagen
Product Service Systems Explained