Circular Economy Traceability and Recyclability Data
topic
Digital product passport systems for textiles record fibre composition, chemical treatment history, dye and finish types applied, and disassembly instructions in product-linked databases accessible through QR codes or RFID tags on finished garments, providing the information required for end-of-life recycling operators to select appropriate sorting, preprocessing, and recycling pathways and for certification schemes verifying recycled content claims in new products.
Role
Enables the circular economy by providing the product composition and chemical history data that recyclers require to efficiently sort and process textile waste streams into high-quality recycled materials, with digital product passport implementation being increasingly mandated by EU textile product regulations that require fibre composition and chemical treatment disclosure to support the textile recycling infrastructure development needed for circular economy transition.