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Digital Product Passports in promoting Circular Economy: A Conceptual Data Model

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A Digital Product Passport (DPP) aims to enhance product lifecycle transparency, thus promoting a more environmental and social product sustainability. A DPP typically includes information on a product’s characteristics, materials used and their provenance, and the company that manufactured it, along with information on how to dispose of the product ensuring that all parts or components that can be recycled are sent for recycling. The information on a DPP can be very diverse, and depends not only on the type of product but also on the objective that the authorities intend to achieve by implementing a DPP. After a brief review of related works, this paper discusses the conceptual model of a DPP, isolating different components of the model depending on their intended purpose. Some questions on future directions for the DPP are also raised, and some possible directions are proposed.

Source: IFAC-PapersOnLine

DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.09.164

Authors: António Miguel Rosado da Cruz, Estrela Ferreira Cruz

Institutions: Universidade Politécnica de Viana do Castelo, University of Minho

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4414568641

FWCI: 0.918

Cites: 11

Cited by: 1

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