Published December 12, 2016 | Version v1
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Materials Passports: Optimising value recovery from materials

Creators

  • 1. EPEA Nederland B.V.

Description

To understand the circular value potential of materials, products and systems, one requires a reliable set of
information. Materials Passports aim to provide this information. This paper explores the need for passports as
well as their goals and functions. The types of information a Materials Passports should be able to contain
are discussed, and how they relate to existing tools in the marketplace. The focus of Materials Passports on putting
the Circular Economy into practice by value creation through recovery and how this encourages innovation
is described.

 

Notes

This publication was part of the Buildings As Material Banks (BAMB) project which has received funding from the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant number 642384. After publication the article first went under a six month embargo period, after which open access was provided for a period of time by the publisher.

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Funding

BAMB – Buildings as Material Banks: Integrating Materials Passports with Reversible Building Design to Optimise Circular Industrial Value Chains 642384
European Commission