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Digitale Daten statt Dokumentenflut / Digital Data Instead of a Flood of Documents

  • Eine funktionierende Kreislaufwirtschaft für Kunststoffverpackungen scheitert bislang an fehlenden, verlässlichen Informationen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette. Das Forschungsprojekt COPPA zeigt, wie der digitale Produktpass (DPP) diese zentrale Datengrundlage schafft. Durch den DPP werden recyclingrelevante Informationen strukturiert erfasst, digital verfügbar gemacht und im gesamten zirkulären Wertschöpfungsökosystem geteilt. Erst diese Transparenz ermöglicht es, Verpackungsmaterialien hochwertig zu recyceln und erneut sicher einzusetzen. Der digitale Produktpass ist damit Schlüsseltechnologie und notwendige Voraussetzung für den Übergang von der linearen zur zirkulären Verpackungswirtschaft.
  • To date, a fully functioning circular economy for plastic packaging has been hindered by the lack of reliable information across the value chain. The COPPA research project demonstrates how the Digital Product Passport (DPP) can establish a central data foundation to address this gap. The DPP enables recycling-relevant information to be systematically recorded, digitally accessible, and shared across the entire circular value creation ecosystem. This level of transparency is essential for high-quality recycling and the safe reuse of packaging materials. As such, the Digital Product Passport represents a key technology – and a necessary prerequisite – for the transition from a linear to a circular packaging economy.

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Author:Felix BantleORCiD, Marc Kocher
DOI:https://doi.org/10.60571/3902
ISSN:2748-9760
ISSN:2748-9779
Parent Title (Multiple languages):UdZ – The Data-driven Enterprise
Subtitle (German):Wie COPPA die Verpackungswirtschaft zirkulär macht
Subtitle (English):How COPPA Is Advancing Circularity in the Packaging Industry
Publisher:FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen
Place of publication:Aachen
Document Type:Contribution to a Periodical
Language:Multiple languages
Date of Publication (online):2025/12/19
Date of first Publication:2025/07/09
Publishing Institution:FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen
Creating Corporation:FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen
Release Date:2025/07/09
Tag:01; Digitaler Produktpass; Kunststoffrecycling; Zirkuläres Wertschöpfungsökosystem
Circular economy; Circular value creation ecosystem; DPP; Digital Product Passport; Packaging industry; Plastic recycling
GND Keyword:VerpackungsindustrieGND; KreislaufwirtschaftGND; RecyclingGND
Volume:5
Issue:2
First Page:8
Last Page:14
Relation (DC):281A707C20
Note:
COPPA
Open Circular-Collaboration-Platform for Sustainable Food Packaging from Plastics

Duration: 15.07.2022 – 14.07.2025
Funding no.: 281A707C20
Funding: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Promoters: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)

Funding information:
The project was supported by funds of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) based on a decision of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany via the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) under the innovation support programme.

Project  information:
The aim of the research project ‘COPPA’ was to develop an open and scalable Circular Collaboration Platform (CCP) with functionalities that create benefits for recyclers, plastic reprocessors / converters, packaging manufacturers and food retailers.

Expected Result:
The project result is a practical demonstrator that is freely accessible to all companies in the entire food chain at the end of the implementation phase.

Benefits for the Target Group:
The CCP enables an accurate and efficient exchange of information on the recyclate content and quality of plastic packaging. At the same time, by linking relevant environmental information, 'COPPA' makes the increase in individual and industry-related sustainability performance calculable and verifiable for well-founded communication.

Project partners:
    European EPC Competence Center GmbH (EECC), Neuss
    GS1 Germany GmbH, Köln
    Infosim GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg
    Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik, Troisdorf
    SKZ – KFE gGmbH, Würzburg
    Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH, Wuppertal

Associated partners:
    cirplus GmbH, Hamburg
    DLG e. V., Frankfurt a. M.
    Freiberger Lebensmittel GmbH, Berlin
    GreenDelta GmbH, Berlin
    HelloFresh SE, Berlin
    Maag GmbH, Ense
    METRO AG, Düsseldorf
    Reifenhäuser Blown Film GmbH & Co. KG, Troisdorf
    SIG Combibloc Systems GmbH, Linnich
Institute / Department:FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen
Business Transformation
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-SA - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International

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