The Product Circularity Data Sheet—A Standardized Digital Fingerprint for Circular Economy Data about Products

Douglas Mulhall, Anne-Christine Ayed, Jeannot Schroeder, Katja Hansen and Thibaut Wautelet
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Douglas Mulhall: Department of Building Services, Faculteit Bouwkunde Technical University of Delft, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands
Anne-Christine Ayed: PositiveImpaKT, 8399 Koerich, Luxembourg
Jeannot Schroeder: PositiveImpaKT, 8399 Koerich, Luxembourg
Katja Hansen: Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building, TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
Thibaut Wautelet: PositiveImpaKT, 8399 Koerich, Luxembourg

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: Background. Laws that enable a circular economy (CE) are being enacted globally, but reliable standardized and digitized CE data about products is scarce, and many CE platforms have differing exclusive formats. In response to these challenges, the Ministry of The Economy of Luxembourg launched the Circularity Dataset Standardization Initiative to develop a globalized open-source industry standard to allow the exchange of standardized data throughout the supply cycle, based on these objectives: (a) Provide basic product circularity data about products. (b) Improve circularity data sharing efficiency. (c) Encourage improved product circularity performance. A policy objective was to have the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) voted to create a working group. Methods. A state-of-play analysis was performed concurrently with consultations with industry, auditors, data experts, and data aggregation platforms. Results. Problem statements were generated. Based on those, a solution called Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) was formulated. A proof of concept (POC) template and guidance were developed and piloted with manufacturers and platforms, thus fulfilling objective (a). For objective (b), IT ecosystem requirements were developed, and aspects are being piloted in third party aggregation platforms. Objective (c) awaits implementation of the IT ecosystem. The policy objective related to the ISO was met. Conclusions and future research. In order to fully test the PCDS, it is necessary to: conduct more pilots, define governance, and establish auditing and authentication procedures.

Keywords: circular economy; circularity data; digital twins; international standards; product passports; materials passports; track and trace (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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