Towards a Digital Lifecycle Passport for the Circular Economy

Plociennik, Christiane; Pourjafarian, Monireh; Nazeri, Ali; Windholz, Waldemar; Knetsch, Svenja; Rickert, Julian; Ciroth, Andreas; Lopes, Alice do Carmo Precci; Hagedorn, Tabea; Vogelgesang, Malte; Benner, Wladislaw; Gassmann, Andrea; Bergweiler, Simon; Ruskowski, Martin; Schebek, Liselotte; Weidenkaff, Anke

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.021

Cited by 59 publications

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“…Plociennik et al [ 103 ] proposed a cloud-based Digital Lifecycle Passport (DLCP), filled with data during production processes, to enable a better recycling process and generate a robust lifecycle assessment. Hsu et al [ 104 ] identified a lack of traceability, unclear target setting, missing standards, and a lack of understanding and knowledge across the value chain as key barriers associated with information-based systems in the plastic circular economy.…”

Section: Tracking Solutions For Plasticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information-Based Plastic Material Tracking for Circular Economy—A Review

Rumetshofer

Fischer

2023

Polymers

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At the moment, it looks like the plastics recycling industry is skimming only low-hanging fruits of its business. To reach intended targets, a greater effort and disruptive innovations are necessary. Physical- or digital-information-based solutions for tracking plastic material can support the circular economy and help to overcome hurdles along the value chain. In this paper, the scientific literature and initiatives in four different technology areas for information-based tracking solutions are reviewed and analyzed. Physical markers can improve sorting efficiencies on short notice but adhere some technical difficulties. Blockchain as a new concept promises high transparency and security, with the drawbacks of energy-intense verification and technical uncertainties. As a third group, the digital product passport claims a combination of physical and digital solutions with open questions on data ownership. The fourth and last group includes standards and certification systems that aim for maximum consensus with slow market implementation. To enable an integrated circular economy of plastics, plastic material tracking solutions must experience broad acceptance by all players along the value chain in the plastics industry and they should additionally be supported by society.

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Section: Tracking Solutions For Plasticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information-Based Plastic Material Tracking for Circular Economy—A Review

Rumetshofer

Fischer

2023

Polymers

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“…Battery Passport, 2020;Circulor, 2021;Global Battery Alliance, 2020;Roman, 2021, Jansen et al, 2022. From a sustainability research perspective, however, digital product passport-related research is still in its infancy, and currently there is only a handful of peer-reviewed papers on this topic (Adisorn et al, 2021;Walden et al, 2021;Berger et al, 2022, Plociennik et al, 2022. Such a lack of research means that there is a risk of passport concepts coming to light which fail to fully unleash the technology's SPM potential.…”

Section: The Digital Battery Passport As Enabler Of Sustainable Batte...mentioning

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Data requirements and availabilities for a digital battery passport – A value chain actor perspective

Berger

Baumgartner

Weinzerl

et al. 2023

Cleaner Production Letters

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“…A similar approach is presented in [12], with the authors investigating the content's indicative requirements that constitute a Digital Passport for the overall support of CE. The authors clarify that the majority of DPPs are designed according to specific sector requirements while specifying that their work is based on different perspectives.…”

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“…As a fairly new strategy in the context of CE, its main objective is the initiation and maintenance of communication among stakeholders, in the form of logs, containing relative information on materials and components used in products and services. The indicative process is established as a collaboration between producers and recyclers, resulting in a thorough data sheet, assisting in the optimization of product design and its lifecycle, as well as proper tracking and management of the respective components and materials [10].…”

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Digital Product Passports as Enablers of Digital Circular Economy: a Framework based on Technological Perspective

Voulgaridis¹,

Λάγκας²,

Angelopoulos³

et al. 2023

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<p>Taking into consideration the rise of Industry 5.0 (I5.0), more and more solutions are being developed, aiming towards increased environmental consciousness through advanced technologies, and human centricity. Digital Product Passports (DPPs) constitute a novel technological solution that can enable the transition toward a digital Circular Economy (CE) and sustainable I5.0, as digital identities that are assigned to physical products, capable of tracing their lifecycles through data such as their technical specifications, usage instructions, and repair and maintenance information. Although the respective research community has started providing a thorough analysis of DPPs potential to constitute a CE enabler, their technical requirements are still unclear. As part of our contribution to this issue, we propose a fundamental CE framework with integrated DPP characteristics, capable of being adapted in different sector stages for the generation and distribution of DPPs both for stakeholders and consumers. The corresponding solution is further supported through a systematic literature review that follows a technological approach to the DPPs implementation.</p>

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Towards a Digital Lifecycle Passport for the Circular Economy

Cited by 59 publications

References 4 publications

Information-Based Plastic Material Tracking for Circular Economy—A Review

Information-Based Plastic Material Tracking for Circular Economy—A Review

Data requirements and availabilities for a digital battery passport – A value chain actor perspective

Digital Product Passports as Enablers of Digital Circular Economy: a Framework based on Technological Perspective

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