GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK

GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK
Scaling traceable circularity. Seamlessly connect textile based products to circularity from fibre to feedstock.

Global Circular Network is a B2B RFID-enabled Digital Product Passport (DPP) platform, built for businesses of any size, who make, move, sort, use and recycle textiles.

A washable RFID tag is slipped into or attached to the product. Unique digital records are created simultaneously in bulk; adding data upstream and then seamlessly collects bulk data at every later stage when it re-enters the circular B2B network — from brands and manufacturers through to a downstream network for resale, rent, repair, redesign before sorting and end-of-life remanufacturing and recycling.

One tag, one record, built up over the product's global journey.

GCN's platform isn't a consumer app, it is used by brands to offer customers PRODUCT ID via single-scan QR Codes plus add traceable product data and efficiently communicate with a downstream network via RFID collecting verifiable data at scale.

DIGITISED B2B CIRCULAR VALUE CHAIN PLATFORM
GCN's open-source platform anchors an eco-system using the United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP) through verifiable global data interoperability.

The UNTP data framework is to scale unambiguous full circularity traceability and transparency plus support the UN’s SDGs, regulatory compliance and industry integration.

The UNTP offers trusted global data interoperability and efficient inter-industry collaboration empowering value chain actors to create a financially sustainable circular economy at scale.

GCN is a UNTP Registered Software Vendor and an Expert Working Group partner to the EU Commission's CIRPASS-2 programme. Learn more about UNTP →

CIRCULAR SMART TECH TOOLS + OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM

Download the GCN App to connect every actor in the textile lifecycle + purchase, rent or link existing UHF RFID readers to join the circular economy network.

Global Circular Network links upstream to downstream.
GCN offers RFID smart tech tools and a collaborative interconnected platform to link global circularity for clothing, footwear, homewares, mattresses, furniture and develop agile pathways according to verifiable metrics.

INCREASE ROI AND VERIFIABLE REPORTING DATA AT SCALE

Supports MSME brands - an affordable RFID-enabled DPP platform that lets brands comply with regulations, protect customer privacy, connect to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) operators plus recycling systems and collect trusted circular data throughout a product's life. Use GCN's interlinked smart system to divert valuable textiles from landfill, meet emissions targets, regulations and recover ROI.

FIVE ROLES. B2B Circular Platform

DPP Issuer / Brand - Creates and owns the product passport
Facility: mill, trims supplier, product manufacturer - Contributes production data and conformity credentials (product manufacturers are able to populate DPPs with an Issuer's authorisation)
Downstream: EPR, Producer Responsibility Organisations (PRO) and reverse logistics providers - FREE ACCESS FOR EPR: THE CENTRE OF CIRCULARITY - supports EPR first then remanufacturing and recycling
Sorters - Grades, checks for SoC flags, records sorting outcome
End-of-life - recycling (certify feedstock)

Engages all value chain actors who require trusted, verifiable product data to prove compliance, reduce waste and emission plus capture new revenue from circular business models.

Through API's third-party platforms connect with GCN to share data for increased efficiency and connect closed and open source platforms plus decentralised and centralised databases.

GCN APP AND PLATFORM DETAILS

Want to see the platform in detail? Email us to request a walkthrough.

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Bulk upload traceability data

Authenticate + increase ROI

R-CYCLERS update EPR data

Efficient sort +certify recycling

COLLABORATIVE CIRCULARITY AT SCALE.
"I don't see any better way to help digitally power the circular economy for textiles.” Peter Majeranowski, Circ

WHY RFID VS QR CODE
GCN's washable RFID tags survive 100-200 wash cycles and enables bulk scanning (eg. scan hundreds of items in a box/pile at once), whereas a QR code is a printed/woven element that can fade, tear, or be removed, and can only ever be scanned one at a time.

QR codes, NFC tools cannot deliver efficient, traceable data capture at scale across global circular value chains for years.

Use GCN's interlinked smart system to divert valuable textiles from landfill, meet emissions targets, regulations and recover ROI.

PRODUCT ONLY DATA, BY DESIGN. CONSUMER PRIVACY
→ Active in the network → privacy mode at sale → reactivated at take-back → privacy mode again at re-sale, repair etc
The RFID tag access is B2B only, is passive, battery-free - it has no power source of its own and carries no consumer or personal data.

RFIDs are switched OFF into Privacy Mode at sale - its identifier hidden for as long as the consumer owns the product, and is only reactivated when an authorised operator brings it into its next circular pathway e.g. a reseller, repairer or sorter. Sell it again, and it switches off again. The pattern holds every loop of the product's life: visible to the GCN network, invisible with consumers.

AFFORDABLE RFID READERS TO SUPPORT MSME AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

Purchase, rent or connect compatible commercial UHF RFID readers already deployed across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics and retail. Existing RFID infrastructure can generally read RFID tags without costly upgrades, reducing implementation costs and accelerating DPP adoption.

New to RFID? Affordable handheld readers are also available, making it easy for businesses of every size - especially MSMEs and Not-for-Profits, to participate in Circular Business Models - supporting brands using GCN RFIDs to collect trusted, bulk product data from day one. (EPR providers receive free access to the GCN App). Discover how RFID readers connect seamlessly to the GCN platform

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