EPEA has applied DPPs in Cradle to Cradle projects for over two decades!

As part of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, the EU will implement a Digital Product Passport requirement for all (relevant) products until 2030. A great recognition of EPEA’s pioneering work! 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.

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Digital Product Passport timeline:

• January 2025: ISO 59040 published as part of the ISO 59000 family of standards, specifically design to foster a shift towards a circular economy.
• July 2024: The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation(ESPR), which includes the DPP, enters into force.‍
• 2019 – 2024: Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy leads ISO standardization of the international standard for circularity data.‍‍
• ‍2019: EPEA introduces ‘Circularity Passport®’ solutions anticipating ISO approval of the international standard for circularity data.‍
• 2013 – 2019: Horizon 2020 project Buildings As Materials Bankstests an international standard for circularity data against ~400 products and 6 buildings.‍
• 2010 – 2014: Materials Passports application in Cradle to Cradle projects with a.o. Maersk, Delta Development Group, City of Venlo aswell as multiple product manufacturers.‍
• 2012: Springer encyclopedia publishes ‘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.

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Interesting videos on the topic:

Maersk Cradle to Cradle Passport

Materials Passports

Inside Micron Taiwan’s Semiconductor Factory

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Interesting book on the topic: ‍

Materials Banking and Resource Repletion, Role of Buildings, and Materials Passports

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