An effective circular economy that is designed for high-quality continuous material loops requires the circulation of not only resources but also information. However, a lot of circularity information is missing, as its generation and handling requires too many human and financial resources.
The Circularity Dataset Initiative addresses the difficulty for industry and consumers to access reliable data on the circular properties of a product. Trade secrets are hindering transparency and reporting standards are lacking, forcing manufacturers to send out different data sets in diverse formats to customers and product platforms.
