Digital Product Passports
The transition from re-active recycling to pro-active circular material management requires datasharing along the value chain. Digital Product Passports (DDP) are information carriers, revealing circular value related to materials, products and systems.
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As part of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, the EU will implement a Digital Product Passport requirement for all (relevant) products until 2030. The requirements for what should be included in the DPP are still in development.
In a circular economy based on Cradle to Cradle, materials will flow from one industry to the next over various national borders. The engine behind these material flows will be the value propositions connected to the circular use of materials.
EPEA and partners have been working at the European level to create an international, cross-sectoral standard for communication of circularity data. This standard was recently published under ISO 59040 and can be used by every industry as the backbone for their DPP. As co-founders of the concept and with our deep understanding of materials and material flows, EPEA helps your organization develop DPP that are state of the art and aligned with ISO standards.
EPEA and partners have been working at the European level to create an international, cross-sectoral standard for communication of circularity data. This standard was recently published under ISO 59040 and can be used by every industry as the backbone for their DPP. As co-founders of the concept and with our deep understanding of materials and material flows, EPEA helps your organization develop DPP that are state of the art and aligned with ISO standards.
Digital Product Passport timeline
January 2025: ISO 59040 is published as part of the ISO 59000 family of standards, specifically developed to promote the circular economy.
July 2024: The Ecodesign Regulation for Sustainable Products (ESPR), which comprises the DPP, comes into force.
2019 — 2024: The Luxembourg Ministry of Economy is leading ISO standardization for the international standard on circularity data.
2019: EPEA launches Circularity Passport® solutions, pending ISO approval for the international standard for circularity data.
2013 — 2019: Horizon 2020 project “Buildings As Materials Banks” is testing an international standard for circularity data on 400 products and 6 buildings.
2010 — 2014: Application of material passes in Cradle to Cradle projects with Maersk, Delta Development Group, City of Venlo and various product manufacturers, among others.
2012: Springer encyclopedia published “Resource Re-Repletion. Role of Buildings and Introducing Nutrient Certificates a.k.a Materials Passports as a Counterpart to Emissions Trading Schemes” by Michael Braungart and EPEA scientists K. Hansen and D. Mulhall.
