Let’s enable circularity!

To power circular practices, crucial material- and product-specific data is saved in a defined format and made accessible to stakeholders via the product identifier at each consecutive stage of a product’s lifecycle. The circularity data includes immutable data such as material and chemical composition, and mutable data such as product images, description, sustainability consumer information, and service offers. Over six years of research, pilots, and collaborative stakeholder dialogue have been leveraged to develop the circularity.ID® data standard.

The product identifier is integrated into a garment holding the circularity data. It can come in different technologies depending on the purpose of use. For consumer engagement and transparency purposes, QR and NFC are scannable via smartphone. To enable a reverse supply chain of sorting and recycling with a large-scale partner using automated fibre sorting, RFID or NFC is needed.

When the circularity.ID® is scanned, the consumer-facing digital product site opens up. This site contains a garment’s full story, from insights on material components, their origin and production, to manufacturing countries, care instructions, strategies for prolonging use, and instructions on how to return the piece for reuse, resell or recycling. It comes either in a standard design or as a white label solution.

Watch the product site in action:

The circularity.ID® enables circular services in the reverse supply chain to be used for the optimal end-of-use scenario for your products. Through the circularity.ID®, you gain access to the full circular.fashion reverse supply chain network, and you can set up your ideal system for the take-back, sorting, recommerce, and fibre recycling of your brand's products.