Digital Product Passport Infrastructure
Building the digital
infrastructure
for circular textiles
From fiber origin to consumer use, recovery routing, and recycled output, three integrated data layers come together to form the first truly circular textile passport.
Brand Origin Layer
OterRi Use-Phase Layer
ReFiber Recovery Layer
Three-Layer Passport Architecture
Layer 01
Brand Origin
Farm → Fiber → Yarn → Fabric → Garment → Retail
Layer 02
OterRi Use-Phase
Activation → Care Cycles → End-of-Use
Layer 03
ReFiber Recovery
Intake → Grading → Sorting → Routing → Recycled Output
Live Garment Intelligence
Scan garment. See its full
circular passport.
When a visitor scans the QR code on a physical t-shirt, this is what they see — origin data, use-phase intelligence, recovery routing, and circular output, all in one living record.
Men's T-shirt
DPP-MCN-88421 · ARCTERRA APPAREL
Scan to activate
QR/RFID embedded in garment label
Brand · Origin & Production
OterRi · Care & Use Phase
ReFiber · Recovery & Circularity
Circular Output
The Gap
Today's textile data chain
breaks at the point of sale.
Brands invest heavily in upstream traceability. The moment a garment is purchased,
the data chain stops. Care, use, condition, and end-of-life — all invisible.
What brands track today ✓
Raw material origin
Fiber & yarn processing
Fabric & manufacturing
Logistics & distribution
Retail & point of sale
DATA CHAIN
BREAKS HERE
What's invisible today ✗
Care & wash history
Use-phase data
End-of-use condition
Municipal collection
Recycler feedstock data
Post-consumer textile flows remain entirely invisible to every actor in the value chain
Cities cannot track textile diversion, making waste policy ineffective and unmeasurable
Recyclers receive uncertain feedstock with no composition data, reducing yield and quality
Brands cannot validate circularity claims, exposing them to greenwashing risk
01
Layer 1 · Brand Upstream Data
The brand already has the
origin story.
From farm to shelf, brands collect substantial upstream data — farm origin, certifications, batch references, chemical declarations, logistics. It exists. The DPP starts here, but it stops at the point of sale.
Brand data ends at purchase.
The upstream supply chain is increasingly well-documented. After the consumer takes the garment home, the passport goes silent. That is the gap Oterri fills.
QR or RFID activates the passport at retail.
The purchase event links the physical garment to its digital record, opening the door for use-phase data to flow in from Oterri.
OterRi Care & Use Phase
02
Layer 2 · Oterri Use-Phase Data
OterRi keeps the passport
alive during ownership.
After purchase, the garment enters everyday life. Oterri captures what happens — every wash cycle, every service interaction. This is not just a laundry app. It is the use-phase intelligence layer of the passport.
OterRi connects where brand data stops.
The purchase event triggers OterRi activation. Care cycles, wash patterns are added to the same passport record the brand created.
Care intelligence informs recovery.
18 recorded wash cycles. This data tells ReFiber exactly what to expect - making recovery more accurate and more valuable.
03
Layer 3 · ReFiber Recovery Data
ReFiber closes the loop
with proof.
When a consumer is ready to discard, ReFiber takes over. Collection, intake, grading, composition verification, sorting, routing, recycler assignment, and circular output - all documented and added to the same passport.
Not just collection. Recovery intelligence.
ReFiber grades garments, verifies composition, routes to the optimal recycler, and creates proof of circular material continuation - transforming end-of-use from a data void into a data asset.
Individual participation plugs in here.
Individual Users give garments directly into ReFiber’s intake system— turning textile waste disposal into a traceable, personal node in the circular value chain.
The System
Three layers.
One circular passport.
A true DPP is not a static document from a single source. It is a living record assembled across three independent data actors — each owning their layer, each extending the garment's story.
01
Brand Upstream Layer
Raw material → Fiber → Yarn → Fabric → Manufacturing → POS
Origin
Certifications
Composition
Compliance
02
Oterri Use-Phase Layer
Customer activation → Care cycles → Life extension → End-of-use signal
Care data
Durability
Service history
03
ReFiber Recovery Layer
Intake → Grading → Sorting → Municipal linkage → Recycler routing → Output proof
Recovery proof
Feedstock data
Circular routing
Origin traceability becomes circular traceability.
Continuous lifecycle record · Origin to next-life material · Independently verified at each stage
Recycler-ready feedstock data
Use-phase intelligence
EU ESPR aligned
Recovery proof
Full lifecycle traceability
Environmental Footprint
What this garment cost
the planet.
Every material, process, and transport leg carries a measurable environmental load. This passport tracks the full lifecycle footprint - from fiber cultivation through recovery so impact is never invisible.
Carbon Footprint
8.2
kg CO₂e total lifecycle
Equivalent to
Driving 33 km in a petrol car or charging a phone 1,004 times
Water Usage
2,168
litres total consumption
Equivalent to
27 full bathtubs of water or 1 person's drinking water for 3 years
Energy Consumed
18.4
kWh cradle-to-gate
Equivalent to
Running a ceiling fan for 9 days or 6 hours of air conditioning
Waste Diverted
0.28
kg diverted from landfill
Recovery Benefit
40% rPET content saved 0.11 kg from landfill at production. ReFiber recovery saves the remaining 0.17 kg at end-of-life.
Circular recovery savings on this garment
By recovering this garment through ReFiber instead of landfill, the following environmental costs are avoided in the next material cycle.
−3.1
kg CO₂e saved
−840
litres saved
−7.2
KWH saved
Methodology & Data Sources
Footprint estimates are computed per-garment using the Higg MSI 3.0 material impact database, IPCC AR6 emission factors, and Water Footprint Network benchmarks for cotton cultivation. Energy data derived from mill-level declarations (Layer 01). Circular savings modeled against virgin material displacement using EU PEF Category Rules for textiles. Equivalents use DEFRA 2024 conversion factors.
Stakeholder Value
Built for every actor
in the textile value chain.
The same infrastructure creates distinct, measurable value for each stakeholder — from global brands to city municipalities.
Consumers
- → Verified garment journey from fiber to shelf
- → Care guidance & service access via Oterri
- → Rewards & brand discounts
- → Responsible discard pathway
- → Confidence in responsible recovery
Brands
- → Lifecycle intelligence beyond retail
- → Feedstock predictability for circular lines
- → Credible circular claims with proof
- → EU ESPR compliance pathway
- → Circular design feedback loops
- → Reduced greenwashing risk
National Textile Authorities
- → Visibility into post-consumer textile flows
- → Ecosystem planning intelligence
- → Textile-to-textile circularity metrics
- → Evidence for circular policy development
- → National DPP compliance foundation
Global Regulatory
- → Stronger lifecycle transparency
- → Circular material validation
- → ESPR-ready product record format
- → Independently verified data layers
- → Credible circularity measurement
Recovery & Recycling Partners
- → Better composition data before intake
- → Predictable feedstock quality
- → Better routing and yield prediction
- → Proof of processing documentation
- → Output material traceability
The Vision
Moving from
origin traceability
to true circular traceability.
Most DPPs tell you where a garment came from. This infrastructure tells you what happened next — through every wash cycle, every recovery decision, and every new material application. That is the difference between compliance and circularity.