Developing a proof of concept Product Passport System and data model.
Industrial Symbiosis is a practice that can reduce the ecological impact of the industrial processes of groups of firms, particularly through circular economy initiatives, such as cross sector ecosystems based on resource exchanges; whether the resource is (critical) raw materials, secondary materials, by-products, waste or energy. The UK Government has set out its ‘Resource and Waste’ strategy for preserving the UK’s stock of material resources by minimising waste, promoting resource efficiency and moving towards a circular economy. This strategy outlines many priority areas for research and innovation but in particular calls for “bold new approaches to data on resources and waste” and that “High quality data, information and insights are essential for effective policy making”.
“We are facing a climate emergency and must find ways to minimize our impact on the environment and maximise resource efficiency.”
Dr Melanie King
This project will fill an important and crucial gap in the national effort towards greener futures and net-zero. It will contribute to the development of the concept of digital product passports including cradle-to-cradle passports. It will contribute insights into the viability of product passports from a whole-systems, cross-industry perspective. It will design and test a candidate data model and technical implementation and provide valuable lessons learned for those wishing to develop capability in this area.
King, M, Timms, P & Mountney, S. (2022) A proposed universal definition of a Digital Product Passport Ecosystem (DPPE): Worldviews, discrete capabilities, stakeholder requirements and concerns, Journal of Cleaner Production, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135538 Read article …
The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy recently held a call for evidence as part of its Net Zero Review; an independent review of the government’s approach to delivering its net zero targets. On the back of our Product Passport Innovations Project, and as Systems Engineers, we felt we could make a…
Insights post – Part 3 of 3. The information in this post is now superceded. NOTE – this blog post relates to a 2023 reserach project which was analysing the evolving EU Batteries Regulation. In Part 2 of our Insights post, we introduced the specific information points that the EU expects to be accessible within…
Insights Post – Part 2 of 3. The information in this post is now superceded. NOTE – this blog post relates to a 2023 reserach project which was analysing the evolving EU Batteries Regulation. In Part 1of our series of insights post, we provided a basic overview of the EU’s new Battery Regulations and what…
Insights Post – Part 1 of 3. The information in this post is now superceded. NOTE – this blog post relates to a 2023 reserach project which was analysing the evolving EU Batteries Regulation. The EU’s new Battery Regulations are nearly here, and will introduce the first mandatory adoption of product passport technologies. In this…
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Dr Melanie King, Loughborough University 