Overcoming information asymmetry in the plastics value chain with digital product passports: How decentralised identifiers and verifiable credentials can enable a circular economy for plastics

Holger Berg, Raik Kulinna, Carsten Stöcker, Susanne Guth-Orlowski, Ricky Thiermann and Natalie Porepp

No 197, Wuppertal Papers from Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Abstract: This paper analyses the potential of digital information technology to enable the reliable provision of product information along the plastics supply chain. The authors investigate the possible contribution of a product passport equipped with decentralised identifiers and verifiable credentials to overcome information deficits and information asymmetry in the circular plastics economy. Through this, high-quality plastics recycling could be enabled on a larger scale than currently possible.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.48506/opus-7940

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