GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK
GCN RFID B2B DPP Platform

Enter and view data for your stage as products move around a circular economy.

Choose the stage that matches where you sit within the value chain. Each path only asks for the data relevant to that role — skip straight in, no need to read the others. Bulk scan RFIDs to enter identical data each with unique identifiers.

GCN is a B2B platform for product-only data. It is not designed for, and cannot be used to input consumer or personal data. Contact GCN to link upstream and downstream business systems via APIs.
GCN is a Registered Software Vendor for the United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP), adopted for global data interoperability. Learn more about UNTP →

Upstream

Textiles, manufacturing, supply chain — you're creating the product record: materials, certifications, factory. Link via APIs to increase upload efficiency.

Authenticate

Scan a single item to authenticate and access its traceable upstream data, or bulk scan and download the CSV.

Downstream

Individual or bulk scan RFIDs to add data showing EPR (resell, rent, repair, redesign, reuse).

Sorting

Bulk scan only — identify material and chemical type, and isolate items flagged with a chemical presence before EPR or End-of-Life Recycling.

End-of-Life Recycling

Scan to register the end-of-life / recycling stage and close out the RFID DPP record.

Returns linked to APIs

Consumer return back to a brand or reseller — password-protected, owner-linked. Contact GCN to link Supply Chain Management software via APIs.

Transport V2

Moving an item between locations — simple pickup and delivery log to collect LCA data. Not yet active.

Textiles

Product Identity

U1

POPULATE B2B DPPs. Enter tag and product-only data to physical items. QR marks fields shown on the B2C consumer Product ID eg. swing tag, QR Code.

Single scan
Bulk scan
Not connected
Tap "Connect to reader" to begin
0 tags scanned
In bulk mode, all "Same for batch" fields below apply to every scanned tag. Each tag keeps its own unique RFID ID.
RFID tag source
RFiD THREADS®
RFID TAG G9508
Choose the tag type.
SKU * QR
Brand * QR
Website
Is this product going to the EU market? *
Same for batch
Yes
No
Required — determines whether REACH (EU/EEA-specific) disclosure applies to this product.
Size * QR
Same for batch
Product details * QR
Same for batch
Product category *
Same for batch
Required.
Material composition * QR
Same for batch
To be shown on Product ID e.g. "95% GOTS-certified organic cotton/5% spandex." Detailed fibre-by-fibre conformity credentials are captured against the manufacturing facility below.
Colour * QR
Same for batch
Original price
Same for batch
Known by the DPP Issuer at the point of sale — also appears on the swing tag alongside the Product ID. Optional to display; helps Downstream authentication and resale comparison even if hidden from the public view.
Logos QR
Same for batch
Tap to upload logo image(s)
Product images
Tap to upload product image(s)
Facility Records — Mill

Manufacturing Facility (Mill)

U1b

(Facility Standards) — The textile mill that produced the fabric — supplied by the mill itself, sent onward with the materials to the product manufacturer.

Facility / mill name
IP Protected
Facility country
Facility address
IP Protected
Open Supply Hub Facility ID (OS ID)
IP Protected
Manual entry for now. If this mill isn't yet listed, add it on Open Supply Hub to get an OS ID. IP Protected fields stay hidden from the public consumer view unless unlocked, or unless the Issuer reveals the OS ID directly.
Facility Standards & Conformity Credentials
Tick applicable Credentials.
Product & Material Integrity
Environmental Management
Social & Labour
Quality & Operations
Health & Safety
Climate & Carbon
Other
Common terms in brackets reflect UNTP vocabulary (Performance Claims, Conformity Claims, Reference Standards/Criteria, Evidence, Conformity Credentials — see untp.unece.org).
Textiles

Textile / Fibres Conformity Credentials

U1b · CC

Certifications for each fibre/material in the composition above, and for dyes/finishing — link an existing credential or add a new one. Reusing a credential avoids storing duplicate copies of the same certificate.

Fibre 1
Fibre 2
Dyes / finishing
Chemical Disclosure: tiered disclosure for dyes/finishing chemistry — from legally mandated (EU SVHC) through to fully voluntary. Disclosure helps sorters and recyclers divert items based on chemical content and supports verification of feedstock/next-gen certifications.
EU SVHC Compliance
REACHSVHC Compliance (EU/EEA market only)
REACH has no government-issued compliance certificate — brands attest compliance themselves, optionally backed by lab testing or a supplier declaration. See the ECHA Candidate List.
We attest compliance — no SVHC above 0.1% w/w
Contains an SVHC above 0.1% w/w
Required if this product is going to the EU market. Leaving this blank is treated as not attesting compliance.
Restricted Chemicals
Some uses of these substances are legally permitted (e.g. PFAS in technical/waterproof workwear, certain azo dyes below the restricted-amine threshold) — restriction is use- and threshold-specific, not a blanket ban. Attest whether any are present in this product.
We attest none of these restricted chemicals are present
One or more is present
Leaving this blank is treated as not attesting.
Chemicals of Concern (CoC) — Optional
Not currently SVHC-listed or restricted under REACH, but recognised by dermatology and industry bodies. See GCN's Chemicals of Concern (CoC) register.
CoC Tier 1 — most frequently documented contact allergens
CoC Tier 2 — recognised, lower-frequency sensitisation concern
Product ID for Sensitive Skin Disclosure
Tick here if the Product is designed specifically for people with sensitive skin (requires a linked Certification).
Link an independent certification below to enable this tick.
IP Protected
Optional — Open to Additional Disclosure Requests
Ticking this simply tells regulators, sorters and recyclers that a chemical presence exists and that you're open to being contacted to help with downstream sorting and diversion.
No disclosure provided yet — B2B internal rating, computed automatically from the tiers above.
Facility Records — Trims

Manufacturing Facility (Trims)

U1c

Buttons, zippers, drawstrings, and other trims — only applies if this product uses trims sourced separately from the mill. Skip if not applicable.

This product uses trims
Yes
No / not applicable
Facility Records — Product Manufacturer

Manufacturing Facility (Product) (Facility Standards & Conformity Credentials)

U1d

The facility that assembles the finished product — adds the RFID DPP, issued by the DPP Issuer below.

Added by Facility? *
Yes
No
Required — is this facility the one adding the DPP to the product? We may not know this in advance.
Facility name
IP Protected
Facility country QR
Shown on B2C Product ID as "Made in".
Facility address
IP Protected
Open Supply Hub Facility ID (OS ID)
IP Protected
Manual entry for now. If this facility isn't yet listed, add it on Open Supply Hub to get an OS ID.
Facility Standards & Conformity Credentials
Tick applicable Credentials.
Product & Material Integrity
Environmental Management
Social & Labour
Quality & Operations
Health & Safety
Forestry/cellulosic chain-of-custody (FSC, PEFC), leather processing (LWG), and animal-fibre schemes (RWS/RMS/RAS) are captured against the textile manufacturers above, where the raw material itself is sourced and processed.
DPP Issuer

DPP Issuer

U2

Responsible Economic Operator: acts as the DPP Issuer, publishing and maintaining the DPP associated with products placed on the market eg. manufacturer, importer, authorised representative, distributor.

Brand name
Parent company
Company registration number
HQ address
HQ country
Website
Contact name
Contact email

Identifiers

U2b

Generated automatically once tags are scanned and the DPP Issuer is confirmed — not something you enter yourself. Each scanned tag gets its own GTIN/EPC, barcode, and QR ID.

0 tags
No tags scanned yet — go back to U1 to scan, then return here to see the generated identifiers.
DPP start date
Auto-populated to today's date on first save — kept in DD/MM/YYYY for consistency. Not editable, since it records when the DPP was actually created.
Why no consumer data appears here: every field on this screen describes the product or the issuing business — never an individual. This is by design, not by omission: the schema has no field type that accepts a consumer name, address, or purchase record.

Circular Performance Profile

U3

Voluntary evidence layer addressing upcoming sustainable products regulations and eco-modulated EPR schemes — durability, repairability, recyclability, recycled content. Declare implemented or circular design strategies in development.

Based on the UNTP framework — see untp.unece.org.
Claim → Evidence → Issuer → Credential → Validation
Credentials are issued by an Issuer (certification body, laboratory, supplier, or government authority) and can be accessed by any authorised Verifier — customs, retailer, value chain actor, or recycler — to confirm the credential is authentic and has not been altered.
Note the word "Validation," not "Verified." The GCN platform verifies the credential, the issuer, and the signature — it is not certifying the claim itself.

Care, Use & End-of-Life

U4

Consumer-facing guidance shown on the Product ID — how to care for, repair, and eventually retire this product.

Care instructions
Same for batch
Washing/care symbols or plain text — shown to the consumer on scan.
Expected lifespan / durability
Same for batch
Repair availability
Same for batch
End-of-life / recyclability guidance
Same for batch
Final step: "Save & Populate DPPs" below writes this Care/Use/End-of-Life data together with everything entered on U1 and U2 across every scanned tag in this batch. Nothing is finalised before this point.

Choose what you're doing — receiving goods (In), or recording an action on goods you already hold (Out).

GCN is a B2B platform for product-only data. It is not designed for, and cannot be used to input consumer or personal data.

In

Receiving goods — record sender and receiver details, scan the item(s), and grade their condition.

Out

Recording an EPR action — resell, repair, redesign, rent, or PRO — on item(s) you already hold.

Scan the item(s) you're processing — single or bulk. Once scanned, you'll choose what's being done to them.

Single scan
Bulk scan
1 tag scanned

Now choose what's being done to the scanned item(s).

What's being done to them — eg. for brands to report on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) actions related to EU regulations, and to support circular economy initiatives.
To find the Product ID, Original Price, or Chemicals of Concern information for an item, visit Authentication & Sorting from the main page.
1
Resell / Swap
2
Repair
3
Redesign / Reuse / Remanufacture
These pathways come from items graded C at "In" — fibre type, salvageable weight, and teardown code are already on record.
4
Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO)
PROs often also sort and divert items onward. This batch may also pass through Authentication & Sorting and End-of-Life Recycling as it moves through your process.
5
Rent
Sender's Details

Who sent or is handing over these goods to you.

Type
Name
Location
City
To support Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) transport data.
Open Supply Hub Facility ID (OS ID) — Optional
Manual entry for now. Not yet listed? Add this facility on Open Supply Hub.
Receiver's Details

Receiving party data only — your own business or operator details, receiving these goods to support Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) events.

Type
Name
Location
City
To support Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) transport data.
Open Supply Hub Facility ID (OS ID) — Optional
Manual entry for now. Not yet listed? Add this facility on Open Supply Hub.

Scan the item(s) you're receiving — single or bulk. A single scan shows full traceable data on screen — the Product ID data (including Original Price), plus any flagged Chemicals of Concern. A bulk scan accesses the same per-item data via the Download CSV button below, rather than displaying it on screen.

Single scan
Bulk scan
1 tag scanned

Grading

EPR · IN

Condition grade for the scanned item(s) on receipt.

Condition grade *
GCN's downcycling grading framework aligns with the quality-grade recommendations of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS), and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), in anticipation of the EU's forthcoming end-of-waste criteria for reuse textiles.
Sources: globalcircularnetwork.com/about-us/sources
These remain advisory / regulatory references pending final adopted criteria, and may change as global policies develop.
Tap a Grade below to apply this Grade to all scanned DPPs. Tap i to see full criteria.
Ai
Premium / Resell Ready
Immediate reuse
Bi
Repairable / Refurb
Prep for reuse
Ci
Remanufacturing Component
Upcycle / dismantle
Di
Recycling / End-of-Life
Textile waste → PRO
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Grade A — Premium / Resell Ready
Criteria
Perfect or near-perfect condition. No visible stains, holes, odours, pilling, or colour fading. All functional parts (zippers, buttons, drawstrings) work perfectly.
Proposed pathway
Deemed fit for immediate commercial reuse or resale.
Data log requirements
SKU, brand, fabric composition, origin — feeds directly into the Digital Product Passport.
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Grade B — Repairable / Refurbishment Needed
Criteria
Structurally sound but minor, rectifiable defects. Missing buttons, broken zippers, minor seam rips, light washable stains, or slight pilling.
Proposed pathway
Could be a one-off repair done for a single customer, or preparation for reuse/redesign. Options: return to customer, preparation for reuse/redesign. Must be logged, sent to a repair workflow, and re-graded after restoration in 'Out'.
Data log requirements
Type of defect, estimated cost/time to repair, and final post-repair destination — return, resell, donation.
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Grade C — Remanufacturing / Upcycling Component
Criteria
Highly damaged garment, but contains large portions of high-quality, reusable fabric (e.g. a heavily torn leather jacket or wool coat with clean back panels).
Proposed pathway
Redesign, Upcycle or remanufacture. The garment is dismantled and its components used to make new products, staying ahead of recycling in the waste hierarchy.
Data log requirements
Fibre type weight (e.g. 80% cotton panel salvageable), teardown tracking code. Record the next-gen pathway type in Out.
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Grade D — Recycling / End-of-Life Waste
Criteria
Heavily contaminated, chemically stained, mildewed, mechanically destroyed, or shred-only garments.
Proposed pathway
Classified as textile waste. Handed to a designated PRO or other business or fibre to fibre recycling or downcycling.
Data log requirements
Precise material composition percentages, total batch weight, and the ID number of the receiving PRO.
Required — every EPR "In" event must record a condition grade.
Add re-sale value - Optional
Defect type
Estimated repair cost
Estimated repair time
Planned post-repair destination
Fibre type / salvageable weight
Teardown tracking code
Planned post-action destination
Material composition %
Total batch weight
Planned post-action destination
Receiving PRO ID
Supporting Documents - if applicable
Upload
Date

Action details

EPR · OUT

Details specific to the action selected — logged as the matching 'Out' event for this item.

Action taken
Date
Price
Applies to Resale, Rent, and Repair actions. Currency selectable per entry for cross-border transactions.
Notes

Scan a single item or bulk scan and download the CSV. This is the only function here — to see upstream traceable data. Able to link to APIs. Use Downstream to add EPR actions data.

Single scan
Bulk scan
1 tag scanned
Bulk-scanned data — Product ID, Original Price, and any flagged Chemicals of Concern — is accessed per item via the Download CSV button above, rather than displayed on screen.
RFID UID E2 80 11 70 00 00 02 08 0F 9E 01 70 recognised — Upstream record retrieved for review.
SKU
Brand
Certifications
Fibre Conformity Credentials
Listing of credentials added by the DPP Issuer — the Issuer has submitted verifiable credentials for these fibres, though the linked credential file itself stays with the Issuer.
Original price
Useful reference for resale pricing and authentication — shown here regardless of whether it's visible on the public Product ID.
Chemicals of Concern
Product images
Pulled from Upstream record, if uploaded by the DPP Issuer.
Product-only data: this screen reads and displays existing product records — it does not collect any consumer or personal data.
Next step: add Downstream data for Extended Producer Responsibility (resell, repair, redesign, rent, reuse, remanufacture), or jump to Sorting and End-of-Life Recycling.

Bulk scan a batch to surface material and chemical type, and isolate items flagged with a chemical presence before they continue to EPR or End-of-Life Recycling.

Bulk scan only
20 tags scanned
Sorting facility / operator
City
Country
Contact details
Open Supply Hub Facility ID (OS ID)
Manual entry for now. Not yet listed? Add this facility on Open Supply Hub.
Product SKU
Material type
Fibre Conformity Credentials
Listing of credentials added by the DPP Issuer — the Issuer has submitted verifiable credentials for these fibres, though the linked credential file itself stays with the Issuer.
Chemical disclosure flag
Chemical presence disclosed by the DPP Issuer. Computed from each item's Upstream chemical disclosure — flags items needing isolation, without revealing what was disclosed. The Issuer is not required to disclose formulas, percentages, or proprietary process details — only that a substance of concern is present. Email GCN to request details, with the Issuer's consent.
Product-only data: this screen reads and displays existing product records — it does not collect any consumer or personal data.

End-of-Life Recycling

EOL

Scan to add data registering the end-of-life / recycling stage and close the RFID DPP record for this item. GCN's long-life washable RFID tags may be reset and reused in products not requiring full washability, eg. accessories, homewares, depending on condition.

RFID UID recognised — Upstream and Downstream history retrieved for closure.
GCN is a Data Service Provider and stores this data on behalf of the DPP Issuer in line with Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), under which a Digital Product Passport's content is hosted by the responsible economic operator or a service provider acting on its behalf, while the European Commission's DPP Registry serves only as a central index and proof-of-registration service. See sources →
Date
Recycling facility / operator
Facility country
Open Supply Hub Facility ID (OS ID)
Manual entry for now, covers recyclers and PROs alike. Not yet listed? Add this facility on Open Supply Hub.
Recycling stream / output
DPP status
Closing the DPP record retires this product's record from active circulation. The data remains queryable as a historical record, in line with the data hosting and retention basis described above.
Re-usable RFID tag?
Yes — recover and reset for a new product
No — retire the tag
GCN's RFID tags are washable. A recovered tag may be reset and reused, depending on its condition — wash count and wear are not monitored, so reusability can't be guaranteed when reissuing the same tag.
Product-only data: this screen records facility and process data only — no consumer or personal data is captured.

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