GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK
At-scale traceable circularity. Seamlessly connect textile based products to circularity from fibre to feedstock.
Use RFID digital product passports and UNTP* to scale Circular Business Models. Link upstream to downstream collaborative networks for trusted global data interoperability, AI and unlock interconnected circular pathways to capture value at scale.
CIRCULAR SMART TECH TOOLS + OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM
INCREASE ROI AND VERIFIABLE REPORTING DATA AT SCALE.
Brands, manufacturers, EPR R-CYCLERS, Producer Responsibility Organisations (PRO), sorters and recyclers alongside regulators, will need trusted, verifiable product data to prove compliance, reduce waste and capture new revenue from circular business models.
The Global Circular Network offers smart tech tools and interconnected platforms to create global circularity for clothing, footwear, homewares, mattresses, furniture and develop agile pathways according to verifiable metrics.
1. DURABLE RFID. B2B TOOLS + EFFICIENT CONNECTIVITY
Easily collect product only data in bulk as it moves around a global circular economy using embedded RFID tags housed in a single washable thread; RFiD THREADS® digital product passports (DPPs) facilitate efficient industrial-scale global B2B circular traceability. Brands can connect their third-party platforms via a "digital bridge" to protect IP, offer unfakeable authentication, privacy and shared connectivity to increase ROI.
The Global Circular Network's DIGITISED CIRCULAR VALUE CHAIN PLATFORM uses the United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP) data architecture for trusted global data interoperability and efficient inter-industry collaboration empowering value chain actors to create a financially sustainable circular economy at scale.
Bulk upload traceability data
Add EPR data & increase ROI
R-CYCLERS update EPR data
Efficient sort & certify recycling
CONNECT TO EFFICIENT & EQUITABLE CIRCULAR SYSTEMS. Become an integral part of circularity. Across brands, factories, NFPs and charities of any size; plus logistics providers, sorting facilities, transport, IoT and robotics - use RFID readers and sensors for easy access to verifiable data and participate in a shared circular economy - collecting unprecedented data at scale for reporting and verifiable metrics enabling equitable circular systems and activate a financially sustainable circular economy.
SORTING AND CERTIFYING. Our aim is to engage all sized businesses, NFPs and charities; using affordable, easy RFID handheld readers any sized organisation - from women's cluster groups through to sensors for robotics - these existing accessible tools are designed to engage an inclusive human and robotic workforce. Sorters identify hazardous chemicals from verified, IP protected data to divert for certifiable feedstock.
2. QR CODE/NFC. SEPARATE TOOLS FOR CUSTOMERS + ENGAGEMENT
Manufacturers also add the brands QR Code/NFC for consumers to scan (single scan only) for Product ID with trusted traceability plus link their valuable customers to a network of Extended Producer Responsibility providers who can bulk scan RFID DPPs for instant, verified authentication, product-only details, add reporting data plus incentivised circularity.
Brands can offer B2C third-party Customer Passport Apps for customers to download post-purchase - successfully decoupling the person from the product and safeguard customer data.
ENQUIRE HERE regarding RFiD THREADS® or to join the GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK.
The Global Circular Network (GCN) is an Expert Working Group partner to the EU Commission’s CIRPASS-2 Project. As part of this Group, GCN is participating in informing the DPP roll-out to Brands selling products in the EU.
ENQUIRE REGARDING THE GLOBAL CIRCULAR BUSINESS MODEL FEASIBILITY STUDY
Are you a brand, a government or industry representative? A manufacturer, Extended Producer Responsibility R-CYCLER, Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) or recycler, researcher, IT platform provider or an industry network? Enquire to join the Global Circular Business Model Feasibility Study - Stage 2.
Email to request information on GCN's current Stage 1 Study with Fraunhofer Austria in collaboration with PASSAT and Industry 4.0 Austria and details on joining Stage 2 as we pivot towards a profitable, interconnected circular economy to meet regulations and support evidence based environmental and social targets.
Collaborators use affordable RFID readers to link to GCN's Digital Product Passport (DPP) platform via the world's first washable RFiD THREADS®. Bulk add full circular open-source data at scale; linked to transport, logistics, human centred design and Industry 4.0 - using best-case tools plus keep product data separate from consumer data.
RFiD THREADS® + WALK platform efficiently adds verified upstream supply chain product data to DPPs at scale ⟶ then connects to downstream Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) networks for instant authentication, resource and revenue recovery. Efficiently collects R-CYCLER's data plus increases brand's ROI (resale, rent, repair, redesign, reuse) ⟶ then diverts to bulk sorting, auto detect and divert hazardous chemicals offering certifiable recycling feedstock ⟶ enables efficient, verifiable reporting data; from circular design strategies to repairability, longevity and circularity ⟶ communicates trusted data to customers and regulators.
GCN uses United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP) data architecture for verifiable data traceability and global machine readable interoperability. Consolidates global Standards and certification to ensure trusted data exchange across local and global value chains.
Seamlessly connect AI, multi-language training, link SCM/POS to automate returns and deadstock data. Links logistics to scale a data driven collaborative circular economy to meet environmental and social targets, plus upcoming Regulations.
GCN assists brands and regulators with verifiable reporting data for products to travel around a fully traceable circular economy at scale efficiently unlocking and sharing profits through EPR first before recycling.
Brands connect to circular B2B business models with affordable RFID DPPs using accessible Readers. Brands then link customers to their website and third-party B2C Customer Passports via single-scan QR Code/NFCs to support consumer privacy.
Use RFID readers/sensors, IoT and robotics to link to an interconnected platform connecting products at-scale plus collaborative third-party platforms for efficient, traceable and compliant circularity, from fibre to feedstock and beyond.
Diverts resources and revenue from landfill to boost jobs and economies, supports social and worker Certifications and provides verifiable data to meet landfill, emissions and pollution mitigation targets.
COLLABORATIVE CIRCULARITY AT SCALE "I don't see any better way to help digitally power the circular economy for textiles.” Peter Majeranowski, Circ
The untapped power of EPR product life extension and a smart circular economy is impactful; the positive affect by brands on communities, economies and the environment can be harnessed and calculated via a single RFID thread and an interconnected network of humans in collaboration with AI and Industry 4.0.
EFFICIENT TOOLS.
1. RFID THREADS® = best for B2B industrial-scale circularity, traceability and data capture across the full product lifecycle - 100+ washes.
2. QR Codes/NFC = scan one at a time and best for consumer interaction, providing accessible product information plus re-direct to EPR networks. Post-purchase, customers can download the Brands third-party Customer Passport App to ensure product data is separate from consumer data. QR codes, NFC tools plus unconnected RFID tags—can’t 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.
“The RFID Thread product … is simply the most exciting RFID tag (thread) that I have seen after selling EAS electronic security and RFID tracking technologies to fashion retailers for over 30 years.” Peter Hogan, Veritas Tech
Policy Alignment - GCN works to efficiently meet the EU Strategy for Sustainable Circular Textiles, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, EU Green Claims Directive, EU Waste Framework Directive and emerging global regulations.
GCN adopts the UNTP to scale unambiguous full circularity traceability and transparency to support the UN’s SDGs plus regulatory compliance and industry integration while fostering circular business models.
The RFID THREADS® holds GS-1 Standards and enables connection across global value chains including transporters, logistics providers and software partners.
Infrastructure Links - Easy access to "digital bridge" and RFID readers for EPR providers, sorters, recyclers, transport, logistics, municipalities, robotics etc.
EU GREEN WEEK WORKSHOP RECORDING
Listen to the Recording to learn how smart tech DPP tools and open-source platforms enable circular pathways for textile based products. #EUGreenweek
