On this page, you can find all upcoming events Cirmar will be attending and hosting. You can scroll down to find what we already did earlier this year, including recordings of webinars.
We are joined by Radboud University’s Jeroen Jansen, together with whom we will dive into the world of recycled plastics and how we can use available tools to increase the use of recycled content.
In this workshop, industry experts will take a deep dive into the upcoming blending requirements for plastics. We bring together various perspectives: legislative, analysis, digitalisation and practical use cases. Join us!
Recap of 2025 – what we already did
Joint webinar with Cibutex and bAwear On January 16, 2025, we hosted a joint webinar with Cibutex and bAwear to explore the transition toward more circular and digital practices in B2B textiles. Using a pilot case on circular kitchen towels, we showcased how consistent product design, reverse logistics, and digital product passports like C_passport® can enable truly circular solutions. Cibutex emphasized the unique potential of B2B textiles due to their simplicity, traceability, and centralized usage, while bAwear contributed life cycle analyses to reveal the environmental benefits of material recuperation. The session concluded with a clear message: the tools and partnerships for circular B2B textiles are already here—now it’s time to scale them. Rewatch the full webinar here.
Presentation for sustainability managers in manufacturing for Eindhoven area The manufacturing industry is a key player in the transition to a circular economy. We were invited to present some of the opportunities that circular strategies, products and concepts offer to a group of sustainability managers active in the Eindhoven area on the 19th of January. The Digital Product Passport was on the agenda as well. First and foremost, because this technology will allow manufacturing companies to gain a grip on their materials use and make it easier to organise reverse logistics, take back systems, better design for circularity and many other buttons to push in a circular economy. Additionally, many of these companies will be facing the mandatory EU-DPP over the coming years.
Data Sharing Festival the Hague A Cirmar team attended the Data Sharing Festival on the 5th of February. This gathering of professionals working in data spaces, data sharing and Digital Product Passports was an excellent reminder of the technologies that are already available, and the challenges that lie ahead. Our main conclusions: C_passport®’s setup is ahead of European legislative developments, the biggest challenge for the larger DPP-ecosystem is to generate the necessary data to create DPP’s, and to develop the common language that is needed to efficiently exchange data.
Symposium Innovation Cluster Drachten A group of innovative, ambitious companies in the north of the Netherlands has joined forces to exchange ideas and best practices. We were invited to speak at their symposium on March 12th and discussed the overarching theme behind circularity: material retention. It is an economic rationale that goes beyond avoiding emissions and sustainability. The circular economy presents opportunities, but it is also an absolute necessity if Europe is to secure its position in a competitive, geopolitically unstable world.
Partner Day GS1 On March 18th, we attended the partner day organised by GS1 Netherlands. Their code standards have been incorporated in our solution from day one, as we acknowledge the need for universally applicable ‘keys’ to unlock the data exchange potential in DPPs. We discussed with fellow solution providers about the challenges we still face regarding availability and interoperability of data.
Webinar with Evofenedex Evofenedex is a knowledge hub for trade and logistics. We first got in touch with them last year when we hosted an expert group on Digital Product Passports. On the 26th of March, we joined them for a webinar in which we took a deep dive in the data challenges of the Digital Product Passport, and how this will play out for members of their organisation specifically. It was great to connect with this diverse group of companies, that were eager to ask their many questions.
Webinar with Product for Product On the 27th of March, we changed things up a bit for a webinar with Cirmar-user Product for Product. This frontrunner in the circular economy proposed to have a chat about what moves them and how others can follow their example. The result: a webinar in which we didn’t just send information, but discussed the challenges and opportunities of taking steps in the circular economy. We are very thankful for Frans van den Berge’s openness and continued inspiration for circular progress. You can rewatch the full webinar here, unfortunately for our international community, it is only available in Dutch.
