End-of-life instructions

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, systems, and end-of-life instructions configured to control one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products; and a chemical product associated with an end-of-life instruction configured to control the one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products; an instruction consumption service, an instruction provision service, a data provision service, a data consumption service configured to control the one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, and end-of-life instructions configured to control one or more end-of-life products to recycle at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products; and chemical products associated with the end-of-life instructions configured to control one or more end-of-life products to recycle at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products; instruction consumption services, instruction provision services, data provision services, and data consumption services configured to control one or more end-of-life products to recycle at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products. Background Art

[0002] Chemical products are used in a variety of applications and ultimately enter multiple supply chains. End-of-life products containing chemical products are not readily available to chemical producers.

[0003] This hinders the reliable reintroduction of used products into chemical production and the establishment of circular value chains. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In one aspect, a method for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the method comprising the steps of:

[0005] providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0006] generating, based on at least one end-of-life instruction, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product;

[0007] Provides control data to initialize a process for recovering chemical materials.

[0008] In another aspect, a method for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are controlled via peer-to-peer communication between computing nodes of a decentralized network, the method comprising the steps of:

[0009] providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger provided by one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0010] generating, by one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product based on at least one end-of-life instruction;

[0011] The control data is provided to one or more computing nodes of the decentralized network, wherein the computing nodes are configured to initialize a process for recovering the chemical material.

[0012] In another aspect, an apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the apparatus being configured to:

[0013] providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0014] generating, based on at least one end-of-life instruction, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product;

[0015] Provides control data to initialize a process for recovering chemical materials.

[0016] In another aspect, an apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are controlled via peer-to-peer communication between computing nodes of a decentralized network, the apparatus being configured to:

[0017] providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger provided by one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0018] generating, by one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product based on at least one end-of-life instruction;

[0019] The control data is provided to one or more computing nodes of the decentralized network, wherein the computing nodes are configured to initialize a process for recovering the chemical material.

[0020] In another aspect, an apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the apparatus comprising:

[0021] One or more computing nodes and one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions thereon, the computer-executable instructions being configured to, when executed by the one or more computing nodes, cause the apparatus to perform the following steps:

[0022] providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0023] generating, based on at least one end-of-life instruction, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product;

[0024] Provides control data to initialize a process for recovering chemical materials.

[0025] In another aspect, an apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are controlled via peer-to-peer communication between computing nodes of a decentralized network, the apparatus comprising:

[0026] One or more computing nodes and one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions thereon, the computer-executable instructions being configured to, when executed by the one or more computing nodes, cause the apparatus to perform the following steps:

[0027] providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger provided by one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0028] generating, by one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product based on at least one end-of-life instruction;

[0029] The control data is provided to one or more computing nodes of the decentralized network, wherein the computing nodes are configured to initialize a process for recovering the chemical material.

[0030] In another aspect, a system for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the system comprising:

[0031] apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products,

[0032] an optional plant operator of a chemical and / or physical processing plant configured to receive control data to initiate a process for recovering the chemical material, wherein the operator of the chemical and / or physical processing plant may be associated with the chemical product producer;

[0033] Optional chemical and / or physical treatment plants for processing end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials, wherein the chemical and / or physical treatment plants may be associated with the chemical product producer.

[0034] In another aspect, a system for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is disclosed, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the system comprising:

[0035] a trigger provider configured to generate at least one end-of-life trigger based on at least one end-of-life event associated with one or more end-of-life products, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier;

[0036] an instruction provider configured to provide at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger;

[0037] an instruction executor configured to generate, based on at least one end-of-life instruction, control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced based on at least one chemical product;

[0038] a control data provider configured to provide control data to initialize a process for recovering a chemical material;

[0039] an optional plant operator of a chemical and / or physical processing plant configured to receive control data to initiate a process for recovering the chemical material, wherein the operator of the chemical and / or physical processing plant may be associated with the chemical product producer;

[0040] Optional chemical and / or chemical recovery equipment for processing end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials.

[0041] or physical processing plants, wherein the chemical and / or physical processing plants may be associated with a chemical product producer.

[0042] In another aspect, end-of-life instructions are disclosed that are configured to control one or more end-of-life products according to the methods disclosed herein or through the devices or systems disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0043] In another aspect, one or more chemical products are disclosed that are associated with at least one end-of-life instruction, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction is configured or used to control the one or more end-of-life products according to the methods disclosed herein or through the devices or systems disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0044] In another aspect, a system is disclosed, comprising one or more chemical products and at least one end-of-life instruction, the at least one end-of-life instruction being configured or used to control the one or more end-of-life products according to the methods disclosed herein or the apparatus or system disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products, wherein the chemical product is associated with the at least one end-of-life instruction.

[0045] On the other hand, an instruction consumption service and / or an instruction provision service is disclosed, which is configured to control one or more end-of-life products according to the method disclosed herein or the device or system disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0046] On the other hand, an instruction consumption service is disclosed, which is configured to generate at least one end-of-life trigger and / or receive at least one end-of-life instruction based on at least one end-of-life trigger, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger and / or the at least one end-of-life instruction can be configured to or used to control one or more end-of-life products according to the method disclosed herein or the device or system disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0047] On the other hand, an instruction providing service is disclosed, which is configured to receive at least one end-of-life trigger from an instruction consuming service and / or send at least one end-of-life instruction to the instruction consuming service based on at least one end-of-life trigger, and the instruction consuming service is configured to control one or more end-of-life products according to the method disclosed herein or the device or system disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0048] On the other hand, an instruction providing service configured to provide end-of-life instructions or an instruction consuming service configured to consume end-of-life instructions is disclosed, wherein at least one end-of-life trigger and / or at least one end-of-life instruction can be configured or used to control one or more end-of-life products according to the method disclosed herein or the device or system disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0049] In another aspect, a data provision service or a data consumption service is disclosed that is configured to control one or more end-of-life products according to the methods disclosed herein or the apparatus or system disclosed herein to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products.

[0050] In another aspect, disclosed is the use of control data provided according to the methods disclosed herein or by the apparatus or system disclosed herein for recovering chemical materials and / or resupplying chemical materials to one or more chemical production processes.

[0051] In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a computer element, such as a computer program or computer-readable medium, having instructions that, when executed on one or more computing nodes of a decentralized network, are configured to perform the steps of the method disclosed herein or are configured to be executed by a device or system disclosed herein.

[0052] Any disclosure, embodiment, and example described herein relates to the methods, systems, devices, chemical products, chemical product passports, end-of-life instructions, consumer services, provision of services, and computer components listed above and below. Advantageously, the benefits provided by any embodiment and example are equally applicable to all other embodiments and examples.

[0053] Implementation Plan

[0054] To improve the resupply of used products into the chemical production network, products with valuable chemical content can be tracked and traced via a decentralized network. To ensure the reliable use of suitable end-of-life products or their components and their resupply into the chemical infrastructure, an End-of-Life Directive (EOL) has been proposed. EOL Directives can be provided to end-of-life product users via a decentralized network. This allows chemical producers to control the EOL process, from collecting EOL products to processing and reusing chemical materials, ensuring the reliable resupply of chemical materials into their chemical production chains. This enables circular value chains that reduce the environmental impact of material flows.

[0055] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be summarized by way of examples. It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments and / or examples.

[0056] Chemical products may be produced by chemical product producers. Chemical products may be physical entities of the produced chemical products. Chemical product data (particularly one or more end-of-life instructions) may be associated with the chemical products. Chemical product data may relate to a digital twin of the chemical product, including, for example, one or more end-of-life instructions. Chemical product data may be collected before, during, or after the production of the chemical product. Chemical product data (particularly one or more end-of-life instructions) may be generated by chemical product producers. Chemical product data may be associated with the produced chemical products or the properties of the produced chemical products. Chemical product data (particularly one or more end-of-life instructions) may be accessible to participant nodes associated with the chemical product producers via a decentralized network. Chemical product data (particularly one or more end-of-life instructions) may be accessible to data provision services of chemical product producers via a decentralized network.

[0057] Chemical products can be used to produce products. Products produced using chemical products can be intermediate products or final products. The product can be produced through a production process that includes one or more intermediate production steps. The product can be used throughout the product's life cycle. Chemical products, intermediate products, and / or final products can be associated with one or more decentralized identifiers that represent digital twins of physical entities of such product entities. The decentralized identifiers can be digital identifiers of a decentralized network or digital identifiers for a decentralized network. The decentralized identifiers can be digital identifiers provided to a decentralized network and to computing nodes associated with participants of the decentralized network. Thus, the decentralized identifiers can represent the physical entity of a product of a participant node of the decentralized network. The decentralized identifiers can be linked based on the use of the physical product entity in the production chain of at least one final product.

[0058] Decentralized identifiers can be linked based on the physical relationships of the physical product entities used to produce the final product. In this way, the participant nodes of the decentralized network are able to interpret the relationship of the decentralized identifier corresponding to the physical relationship of the physical product entities.

[0059] An end-of-life product may be produced based on at least one chemical product. An end-of-life product may contain at least one chemical product. An end-of-life product may be an end-of-life product used during the lifecycle of an end-of-life product. An end-of-life product may be associated with one or more decentralized identifiers representing product entities used to produce the end-of-life product. An end-of-life product may be associated with one or more decentralized identifiers representing at least one chemical product used to produce the end-of-life product. An end-of-life product may be associated with one or more end-of-life instructions related to recycling chemical materials from the end-of-life product.

[0060] At least one chemical material can be recovered from one or more end-of-life products. For recycling, the end-of-life products can be at least partially decomposed into their chemical and / or physical components. The end-of-life products or parts thereof can be collected and / or sorted. The end-of-life products or parts thereof can be chemically and / or physically treated. The end-of-life products or parts thereof can be chemically and / or physically treated to produce a chemical material that can be re-supplied to the chemical production process. The method for recovering the chemical material can include multiple steps, such as collecting, sorting, transporting, storing, returning or processing the end-of-life products or parts thereof. The method for recovering the chemical material can include returning the end-of-life products or parts thereof. The method for recovering the chemical material can include chemically and / or physically processing the end-of-life products or parts thereof.

[0061] In one embodiment, the chemical material comprises one or more chemical compounds, chemical components or chemical compositions produced from the end-of-life product or portion thereof.The chemical material may be recovered from the end-of-life product or portion thereof.

[0062] Chemical materials can be traced back to chemical products used to produce end-of-life products or parts thereof. The production chain for producing end-of-life products or parts thereof may include at least the chemical products produced by the chemical product producer and the chemical products used to produce the final product. The final product's life cycle chain may include use until end-of-life. Chemical materials can be chemical compounds, chemical components, or chemical compositions to be recovered from the end-of-life products.

[0063] In another embodiment, the chemical material comprises one or more chemical compounds, chemical components or chemical compositions suitable for producing at least one chemical product. The chemical material can be the output product of the chemical and / or physical treatment process of the end-of-life product or part thereof. The chemical material can include or be the original chemical product compound, component or composition. Therefore, the chemical material can be chemically equivalent to the chemical product. The chemical material can include the original compound, component or composition for producing the chemical product. Therefore, the chemical material can be used to synthesize the chemical product. The chemical material can include one or more sub-compounds, sub-components or sub-compositions. The chemical material can include one or more reaction products of the (sub) compound, (sub) component or (sub) composition of the chemical product. Therefore, the chemical material can include the reaction component for producing the chemical product. The chemical material can include or be the chemical precursor for producing the chemical product. The chemical material can be a chemical mixture.

[0064] In another embodiment, at least one end of life trigger is associated with at least one decentralized identifier associated with a chemical product used to produce or included in the end of life product. The at least one end of life trigger may include at least one decentralized identifier associated with a chemical product used to produce or included in the end of life product.

[0065] At least one end-of-life trigger may be based on an end-of-life event. The end-of-life event may include, but is not limited to, detecting an end-of-life state via a sensor, detecting an end-of-life state through interaction with the end product or a user of the end-of-life product, determining an end-of-life state through metadata associated with the end-of-life product (such as location), or determining an end-of-life state through predefined conditions (such as timing).

[0066] The decentralized identifier can be uniquely associated with a chemical product or a physical entity of a chemical product, for example, as packaged for transport to a consumer of the chemical product. The decentralized identifier can be connected to a digital representation of chemical product data, particularly one or more end-of-life instructions. The data related to the chemical product data can include one or more digital representations pointing to the chemical product data or a portion thereof, particularly one or more end-of-life instructions. The digital representation can include at least one interface providing services to the data of the chemical product producer. The digital representation can also include at least one interface providing services to the data consumption of the chemical product producer. It can include an endpoint (resource endpoint) or an endpoint (service endpoint) for data exchange or sharing uniquely identified via a data transaction protocol including an authentication and / or authorization mechanism for service interaction. The digital representation pointing to the chemical product data or a portion thereof (particularly one or more end-of-life instructions) can be uniquely associated with the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product.

[0067] During the end-of-life phase, at least one end-of-life trigger can be generated by a trigger-providing service associated with a user of the end-of-life product. A computing node configured to provide the trigger-providing service can be associated with the end-of-life product user as a participant in a decentralized network. During the end-of-life phase, at least one end-of-life trigger can be provided to a trigger-consuming service associated with a chemical product producer. A computing node configured to provide the trigger-consuming service can be associated with the chemical producer as a participant in a decentralized network.

[0068] In another embodiment, at least one end of life instruction associated with a chemical product used to produce or contained in an end of life product is provided in association with at least one decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce the end of life product. The decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce or contained in the end of life product may be linked to or anchored by a decentralized identifier associated with the final product or the end of life product. The decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce the end of life product may be linked to a decentralized identifier associated with the final product or the end of life product. The decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce the end of life product may have been linked to a decentralized identifier associated with the final product or the end of life product when producing or providing the final product. The decentralized identifier associated with the end of life product may be associated with a physical identifier connected to the end of life product, for example, via a QR code or RFID tag.

[0069] At least one end-of-life instruction may be configured to initiate a process for recycling the chemical material. The at least one end-of-life instruction may be configured to generate control data by providing or obtaining control data from a computing node associated with the chemical product producer, or by determining control data based on the end-of-life instruction provided by the computing node associated with the chemical product producer. Initializing the process for recycling the chemical material may include generating and / or providing control data.

[0070] At least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product may be provided via a decentralized network from an instruction provisioning service associated with a chemical product producer. At least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product may be provided via a decentralized network to an instruction consumption service associated with an end-of-life product user. At least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product may be provided via a decentralized network to an instruction consumption service associated with any user subsequent to the end-of-life product user of a process for recycling chemical materials.

[0071] In another embodiment, the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is provided in response to an end-of-life trigger being provided to an instruction provisioning service associated with an end-product producer, an end-product user, or an end-of-life product user. Additionally or alternatively, the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product may be provided from an instruction provisioning service associated with an end-product producer, an end-product user, or an end-of-life product user via a decentralized network.

[0072] In another embodiment, the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is provided in response to providing an end-of-life trigger to an instruction provisioning service associated with the chemical product producer. Additionally or alternatively, the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product may be provided from the instruction provisioning service associated with the chemical product producer via a decentralized network.

[0073] In another embodiment, at least one end-of-life instruction associated with a chemical product is configured to generate or provide control data for providing the end-of-life product, or at least a portion of the end-of-life product, to a chemical and / or physical processing facility associated with a chemical product producer. The at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product can be configured to generate control data for recycling chemical materials obtainable from the end-of-life product, or at least a portion of the end-of-life product.

[0074] In another embodiment, control data is generated associated with one or more processing steps of a reuse process. Additionally or alternatively, the reuse process includes returning the end-of-life product or portion thereof to the chemical product producer and / or processing the end-of-life product or portion thereof by the chemical product producer.

[0075] In another embodiment, the control data relates to chemical and / or physical treatment of end-of-life products to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment methods suitable for treating end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment methods to be performed by a chemical product producer. Additionally or alternatively, the control data may relate to returning end-of-life products or parts thereof to the chemical product producer. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment plants suitable for treating end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment plants suitable for recovering chemical materials from end-of-life products or parts thereof. The control data may relate to collecting, sorting and / or transporting end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to providing end-of-life products or at least a portion of end-of-life products to a chemical and / or physical treatment plant associated with a chemical product producer.

[0076] The decentralized network may include computing nodes associated with participants of the decentralized network, which may be configured to perform data transactions. The computing nodes associated with participants of the decentralized network may be associated with producers or users of physical products such as chemical product producers, intermediate product producers, final product producers, final product users, or end-of-life product users. Data transactions may be based on a transaction protocol that includes an authentication and / or authorization mechanism. Based on the authentication and / or authorization mechanism, a peer-to-peer network may be established between computing nodes associated with participants of the decentralized network. End-of-life triggers and / or end-of-life instructions may be transmitted via peer-to-peer communication between computing nodes of the decentralized network. The corresponding nodes of the decentralized network associated with participants of the network may be configured to provide instruction consumption services, instruction provision services, trigger provision services, or trigger consumption services.

[0077] One or more authentication mechanisms may be associated with or linked to a decentralized identifier. The one or more authentication mechanisms associated with the decentralized identifier may be provided to participant nodes. The one or more authentication mechanisms associated with the decentralized identifier may be accessible to data provisioning services and / or data consumption services. A decentralized configuration allows for more efficient use of computing resources and strengthens data owners' control over the decentralized network.

[0078] The one or more authorization mechanisms may include at least one authorization rule for controlling access to data under the control of the data owner. Computing nodes associated with participants in a decentralized network may be configured to provide a data consumption service and / or a data provisioning service. The data provisioning service may be configured to provide or transmit data to another participant node in the decentralized network. The data consumption service may be configured to ingest or receive data from another participant node in the decentralized network. Providing data to the data provisioning service for access by the data consumption service may include indirect or direct access to the data by the data consumption service. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0079] Hereinafter, the present disclosure is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0080] Figure 1 Examples of methods or apparatus for providing chemical product data, end-of-life triggers, and / or end-of-life instructions via a decentralized network are schematically illustrated.

[0081] Figure 2 An example of a method or apparatus for providing end-of-life instructions for a chemical product used to produce a final product is schematically illustrated.

[0082] Figures 3a to 3c An end-of-life directive and a product passport are schematically illustrated, the product passport comprising a chemical product passport with an end-of-life directive.

[0083] Figure 4 Another example of a method or apparatus for providing end-of-life instructions for a chemical product used to produce a final product is schematically illustrated.

[0084] Figure 5 Another example of a method or apparatus for providing end-of-life instructions for a chemical product used to produce a final product is schematically illustrated.

[0085] Figure 6 A flow chart schematically illustrates a method for initiating a process of recycling chemical materials from an end-of-life product or portion thereof based on an end-of-life trigger and end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product.

[0086] Figure 7a 、 Figure 7b An end-of-life trigger is schematically illustrated to provide end-of-life instructions associated with a chemical product.

[0087] Figure 8 Examples of methods or apparatus for recovering chemical materials from end-of-life products are schematically illustrated.

[0088] Figure 9A user interface for recycling chemical materials from end-of-life products is schematically illustrated. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0089] The following embodiments are merely examples for implementing the methods, devices, systems, passports, or applications disclosed herein and should not be considered limiting.

[0090] Figure 1 Examples of methods or apparatus for providing chemical product data, end-of-life triggers, and / or end-of-life instructions via a decentralized network are schematically illustrated.

[0091] Chemical products 110, such as those produced by a chemical production network, may be provided in association with a chemical product passport. The chemical product passport may include a chemical product identifier. The chemical product identifier may include one or more decentralized identifiers. A decentralized identifier may be an identifier in a decentralized network that allows data exchange via the decentralized network. Data exchange may include discovering decentralized identifiers for participants in the decentralized network, authenticating participants in the decentralized network, and / or authorizing data transfer via peer-to-peer communication between participants in the decentralized network. The chemical product passport may include data related to the chemical product. The chemical product passport may include a digital representation of the chemical product data associated with the chemical product 110.

[0092] The chemical product passport may also include or relate to authentication and / or authorization information linked to the chemical product identifier. Authentication and / or authorization information may be provided for authentication and / or authorization of data provision services and / or data consumption services 210, 214. The chemical product identifier may include, may be, or may relate to at least one decentralized identifier uniquely associated with the chemical product. The decentralized identifier may be connected to a digital representation of the chemical product data associated with the chemical product 110. The digital representation may include a representation for accessing the chemical product data or a portion thereof. The decentralized identifier may include a universally unique identifier (UUID) or a digital identifier (DID). The decentralized identifier may include any unique identifier uniquely associated with the data owner and / or the chemical product. The data owner may be the producer of the chemical product. Access to the chemical product data may be controlled by the data owner via the decentralized identifier and its unique association with the data owner and / or the chemical product.

[0093] A chemical product passport including a digital representation of chemical product data may be stored in a decentralized database 200. The chemical product data may be stored in a database 202 associated with a data owner, such as a producer of the chemical product 110.

[0094] The chemical product 110 can be physically delivered to a producer that produces products based on the chemical product. The chemical product can be connected to a QR code that has encoded a chemical product identifier (particularly a decentralized identifier). The user of the chemical product can read the QR code using a QR code reader 206. The chemical product identifier can be provided to a database 208 associated with the producer that produces products based on the chemical product 110. In other embodiments, the producer that produces products based on the chemical product can retrieve the chemical product identifier through the decentralized database 200.

[0095] The data owner in this example can be a chemical product producer, any intermediate product producer that produces intermediate products based on chemical products, or any producer that produces products based on chemical products. A data owner can include any entity that generates data. A data generation node can be coupled to a data owner or an entity that owns or produces the physical product from or for which data is generated. Data can be generated by a third-party entity on behalf of the entity that owns the physical product from or for which data is generated.

[0096] The data consuming services 210, 214 may include computer-executable instructions for accessing and / or processing data associated with a data owner, such as chemical product data. The data providing services 210, 214 may include computer-executable instructions for providing and / or processing data associated with a data owner, such as chemical product data, for access and / or processing by the data consuming services 210, 214.

[0097] The chemical product identifier can be provided to the data consumption service 210 from the database 208, as represented by arrow 222. Based on the received chemical product identifier, a request to access the chemical product data associated with the chemical product identifier can be triggered by the data consumption service 210, as shown by arrow 212. The chemical product identifier can be provided to a data provision service 214 associated with or belonging to the producer of the chemical product 110. In addition, authentication and / or authorization information can be provided. The request can be authenticated and / or authorized to access the chemical product data associated with the chemical product identifier. Based on successful authorization and / or authentication, access to the chemical product data associated with the chemical product identifier can be granted.

[0098] For access, the chemical product identifier may be provided to data providing service 214, as indicated by arrow 212. Data providing service 214 may use the received chemical product identifier to retrieve chemical product data associated with chemical product 110, as indicated by arrows 218 and 221. The chemical product data associated with chemical product 110 provided to data providing service 214 may be provided to data consuming service 210, as indicated by arrow 216. The chemical product data associated with chemical product 110 may be stored in database 208 associated with a user of chemical product 110, as indicated by arrow 220.

[0099] Chemical product identifiers, particularly decentralized identifiers, allow chemical product data to be uniquely associated with chemical products. Through a decentralized network, chemical product data can be transferred between chemical product producers and users. This allows chemical product data to be shared through a unique association with the chemical product, eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries between participants in the product supply chain. This enables transparency of chemical product data across the product supply chain.

[0100] Similarly, to provide chemical product data, end-of-life triggers and / or end-of-life instructions can be provided. Using a chemical product identifier, particularly a decentralized identifier, the end-of-life trigger and / or end-of-life instruction can be uniquely associated with the chemical product. Through a decentralized network, the end-of-life trigger and / or end-of-life instruction can be transmitted between the chemical product producer and the end-of-life product user, and vice versa. In this way, the end-of-life trigger and / or end-of-life instruction can be shared, uniquely associated with the chemical product, without the need for a direct central intermediary between the participants of the decentralized network. This mechanism allows for more efficient recovery and reuse of chemical products, for example, by recycling, upcycling, or downcycling the chemical products contained in final products. Thus, the digital backbone architecture enables environmentally friendly material utilization. The digital backbone architecture allows for the reliable resupply of used chemical products into the production of new chemical products. This enhances and expands the recycling of chemical products to a variety of final products made from the chemical product. The digital backbone architecture allows for the reliable dematerialization of used products, reducing the environmental impact of non-reusable materials. In this way, the disposable rate of chemical products can be increased and environmentally friendly disposal of end-of-life products can be ensured.

[0101] Figure 2 An example of a method or apparatus for providing end-of-life instructions 150 for a chemical product used to produce an end product via the chemical product is schematically illustrated.

[0102] At the end-of-life product stage, the end-of-life trigger and / or end-of-life instruction 150 may be provided and executed based on the decentralized network services 210, 214. There are different implementations, and Figures 2 to 5 These are shown as examples only and should not be considered limiting.

[0103] End of life instructions 150 may be provided by the chemical product manufacturer's data provisioning service 214 as part of a chemical product passport. Figure 1 An example of such a chemical product passport is described in the context of

[0026] . The chemical product passport can be provided to all computing nodes associated with participants in the final product chain that uses the chemical product. In this way, the end-of-life instructions 150 associated with the chemical product can be included in the final product passport. Figure 3b An example of a final product passport including a chemical product passport and an end-of-life directive is illustrated in .

[0104] like Figure 2 As shown, the end-of-life instruction 150 can be an encoded instruction that can be executed based on an end-of-life trigger. The end-of-life instruction 150, when executed by a computing node associated with a participant of the decentralized network, can initiate a process for recycling chemical materials. When the computing node associated with a participant of the decentralized network executes the end-of-life instruction 150, a process for recycling chemical materials can be initiated. The participants of the decentralized networks 210, 214 can be chemical product producers, product producers that use chemical products to produce products (such as intermediate products or final products), users of final products, or users of end-of-life products.

[0105] End-of-life instructions 150 may be received by an end-of-life product user or an end-of-life product user's end-of-life instruction consuming service 210. End-of-life instructions 150 may be provided by an end-of-life instruction providing service 214 of a chemical product producer, any intermediate product producer that uses the chemical product to produce an intermediate product, or an end-of-life product producer that uses the chemical product to produce an end product.

[0106] The end-of-life instructions 150 may be provided as part of a chemical product passport. A chemical product passport may include a decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or data related to the chemical product, such as Figure 1 By providing the end-of-life instructions 150 along with the chemical product passport, the end-of-life instructions 150 can be inherently linked to the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or data related to the chemical product. This link can be persistent or non-persistent.

[0107] If the link to the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or the data related to the chemical product is persistent, the end-of-life instruction 150 associated with the chemical product is linked to the chemical product through the product chain up to the final product and can be accessed through the final product passport via the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or the data related to the chemical product. An example product passport will be described in Figure 3. In particular, the end-of-life instruction 150 can be provided in conjunction with the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or the data related to the chemical product, and this connection can be maintained on any data exchange related to the chemical product data. In this way, the end-of-life instruction 150 can be directly attached to the data flow in the decentralized network via the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or the data related to the chemical product. Through the digital link of the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and the end-of-life instruction, the physical use of the material and the associated peer-to-peer data exchange enable the end-of-life instruction to be passed through the production and / or life cycle chain.

[0108] If the link to the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product and / or the data related to the chemical product is non-persistent, the relationship of the end-of-life instructions 150 to the chemical product can be maintained by linking the end-of-life instructions 150 to either the decentralized identifier associated with the product produced based on the chemical product and / or the data related to the product produced based on the chemical product. In both cases, the inherent connection with the end-of-life instructions and the associated end-of-life treatment of the final product for recycling the chemical material can be maintained.

[0109] Figures 3a to 3c End of Life Directives and Product Passports are schematically illustrated, including a Chemical Product Passport with End of Life Directives.

[0110] Figure 3a End of life instructions in a simplified JSON file format are illustrated. The end of life instructions may be linked to a decentralized identifier associated with a chemical product. The end of life instructions may include specifications of a part of the end of life product that includes the chemical product. In this case, it may be a component of the end of life product. The end of life instructions may include specifications of a reuse method for the part of the end of life product. In this case, it may be chemical recycling. The end of life instructions may include specifications of a pickup date for the part of the end of life product. In this case, it may be a date calculated from a request date or a preset date, for example, if the end of life stage is reached by a predefined timing. The end of life instructions may include specifications of a pickup location for the part of the end of life product. In this case, it may be a location determined based on the location of the end of life product. By means of the end of life instructions, end of life product users may be provided with Figure 9 The user interface illustrated in .

[0111] Figure 3b The product passport configuration shown is only an illustrative example, and there are different example configurations of product passports anchored by decentralized identifiers. Different configurations include different parent, child, and grandchild relationships of passports generated in the production chain leading to the final product and / or the life cycle chain leading to the end of life.

[0112] Figure 3b This example illustrates a fully embedded configuration of different passports generated throughout the production chain leading to the final product. Separate passports can be generated for multiple production stages. Passport generation can include providing decentralized identifiers and authentication mechanisms for each of the multiple production stages. By fully embedding the chemical product passport into the final product passport, end-of-life instructions can also be embedded within the final product passport. This allows end-of-life instructions to be available at any stage of the production chain leading to the final product. Figure 3c This example uses a simplified JSON file format. Figure 3b Product passport.

[0113] In other embodiments, various configurations for different passports generated throughout the production chain leading to the final product or the lifecycle chain leading to the end of life can be used. Separate passports can be generated for multiple stages in the production chain leading to the final product or the lifecycle chain leading to the end of life. Passport generation can include providing a decentralized identifier and authentication mechanism for each of the multiple stages. The relationships between passports at different stages in the production chain leading to the final product or the lifecycle chain leading to the end of life can be based on links between such passports.

[0114] In yet other embodiments, an anchoring configuration for different passports generated throughout the production chain or lifecycle chain leading to the final product can be used. Separate passports can be generated for multiple stages of the production chain or lifecycle chain leading to the final product. Passport generation can include providing a decentralized identifier and authentication mechanism for each of the multiple stages of the production chain or lifecycle chain leading to the final product. The relationship between passports at different stages can be anchored to the final product passport based on links from passports at different production stages or lifecycle stages to the final product passport.

[0115] Figure 4 Another example of a method or apparatus for providing end-of-life instructions for a chemical product used to produce a final product is schematically illustrated.

[0116] Figure 2 The embodiment of the invention exemplifies providing end of life instructions 150 via a chemical product passport, such as Figure 1This transfer can occur when the chemical product is delivered to an intermediate or final product producer. Figure 4 The embodiment illustrates providing end-of-life instructions 150 via an end-of-life management system 200. The end-of-life management system 200 can be associated with a data provisioning service 210 for a user of an end-product or a user of an end-of-life product. The end-of-life management system 200 can include a registry that provides end-of-life instructions 150 with respect to a decentralized identifier associated with a chemical product. The end-of-life instructions 150 can be provided by a decentralized end-of-life application for access by an instruction consumption service 210 for a user of an end-of-life product or a user of an end-of-life product. The end-of-life instructions 150 can be provided by a decentralized end-of-life application based on a decentralized identifier associated with a chemical product or an end-of-life product produced from a chemical product.

[0117] Figure 5 Another example of a method or apparatus for providing end-of-life instructions for a chemical product used to produce a final product is schematically illustrated.

[0118] Figure 2 and Figure 4 The embodiment of the invention exemplifies providing end of life instructions 150 via a chemical product passport, such as Figure 1 In the context of Figure 5 In an embodiment, the end-of-life instruction 150 is provided when an end-of-life (EOL) trigger is received directly by a computing node of the chemical product producer 214.

[0119] Chemical products 110 produced by a chemical production network may be provided in association with a chemical product passport, e.g. Figure 1 Chemical Product Passports can be used to generate Figures 3a to 3c The end-of-life instructions 150 associated with the chemical product can be stored in a decentralized database 200. The end-of-life instructions 150 can be stored in a database 202 associated with a data owner, such as a producer of the chemical product 110. The end-of-life instructions 150 can involve a chemical identifier associated with the chemical product 110, particularly a decentralized identifier.

[0120] Chemical product identifiers (particularly decentralized identifiers) can be accessed by computing nodes configured to generate end-of-life triggers based on end-of-life events via the final product passport. The end-of-life trigger can be associated with an end-of-life event or include data relevant to the end-of-life event. The data relevant to the end-of-life instruction 150 can include a representation of the end-of-life instruction 150 or be associated with a representation of the end-of-life instruction. This representation can include a pointer to the end-of-life instruction 150, for example, stored in a decentralized database 202 of a chemical product producer. The data relevant to the end-of-life instruction can include or relate to authentication and / or authorization information linked to the chemical product identifier (particularly decentralized identifier). Authentication and / or authorization information can be provided for authentication and / or authorization of data provision services and / or data consumption services 210, 214. The data relevant to the end-of-life instruction 150 can be obtained from a decentralized discovery system, or can be provided as part of a chemical product passport.

[0121] An end-of-life trigger and a chemical product identifier (particularly a decentralized identifier) ​​may be provided to a computing node of a chemical producer 214. Based on the chemical product identifier, a request to access the end-of-life instructions 150 associated with the chemical product identifier may be triggered by the end-of-life instruction consumption service 210. The chemical product identifier may be provided to the end-of-life instruction providing service 214 associated with or belonging to the producer of the chemical product 110. In addition, authentication and / or authorization information may be provided. The request may be authenticated and / or authorized to access the end-of-life instructions 150 associated with the chemical product identifier.

[0122] Based on successful authorization and / or authentication, access may be granted to end-of-life instructions 150 associated with the chemical product identifier.

[0123] For access, at least the chemical product identifier may be provided to the end-of-life instruction providing service 214. The end-of-life instruction providing service 214 may retrieve the end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product 110 from the decentralized database 202 using the received chemical product identifier. The end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product 110 provided to the end-of-life instruction providing service 214 may be provided to the end-of-life instruction consuming service 210. The end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product 110 may be stored in the database 208 associated with the end-of-life user of the chemical product 110. The end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product 110 may be executed by a computing node associated with the end-of-life user of the chemical product 110.

[0124] In this sense, end-of-life instructions can be provided directly from the chemical producer to the end-of-life user when end-of-life is triggered, ensuring that the most up-to-date end-of-life instructions are provided.

[0125] Figure 6 A flow chart of a method 600 for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products is schematically illustrated.

[0126] When a final product reaches the end of its life, it can be disposed of by the end user via a waste collection system. The waste collection system can be a municipal waste collection system or a more complex waste collection system, such as that provided by a final product return system. The waste collection system can include sensors, such as optical sensors, to detect the receipt of the final product. Upon return of the final product, the final product may be declared as end-of-life.

[0127] For example, when a waste collection system returns a final product, at least one end-of-life trigger may be generated 602 . The end-of-life trigger may involve registration of the final product with the waste collection system. The final product may include a final product identifier physically connected to the final product. The waste collection system may provide this identifier via sensor measurements. For example, an optical sensor may record a printed code, such as a QR code, encoded with the final product identifier.

[0128] A chemical product identifier associated with a chemical product used to produce an end-of-life product can be obtained 604 via a relationship with a final product identifier. FIG3 illustrates one way to implement this relationship via a product passport including a chemical product passport. An end-of-life trigger can involve or include a final product identifier, particularly a decentralized final product identifier. The final product identifier can involve or include a chemical product identifier associated with a chemical product used to produce the final product. An end-of-life trigger can include or involve a chemical product identifier, in which case the step of obtaining the chemical product identifier is not required.

[0129] An end-of-life trigger may be provided 606 to receive 608 end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product. The end-of-life instructions may be provided by the chemical product producer and / or provided to a consumer service associated with the chemical product producer. The end-of-life instructions associated with the chemical product may be provided based on the end-of-life trigger. The end-of-life instructions may be part of a chemical product passport associated with the chemical product included in the final product, such as Figures 2 to 4 described in the context of .

[0130] The end-of-life instruction may be received 608 based on a chemical product identifier associated with a chemical product contained in the final product, such as Figure 5The end-of-life instruction may be associated with a chemical product identifier, in particular a decentralized identifier. The end-of-life instruction may be stored in a database of the chemical producer for access based on an end-of-life trigger. The end-of-life trigger may be provided to an end-of-life trigger service and provided to an end-of-life trigger consumption service of the chemical product producer via peer-to-peer communication. Upon providing the generated end-of-life trigger, the end-of-life instruction may be accessed by the end-of-life instruction consumption service, in particular transmitted to the end-of-life instruction consumption service. Upon receiving the end-of-life instruction, the end-of-life instruction may be executed to recycle the chemical materials contained in the end-of-life product.

[0131] The end-of-life instruction, when executed by a computing node, may initiate the recovery of chemical materials from an end-of-life product. Control data associated with the recovery of at least one chemical material may be generated and provided 610. The end-of-life instruction may be executed upon generating an end-of-life trigger and providing such trigger to the end-of-life instruction. The end-of-life instruction may be executed to initiate a process for recovering chemical materials contained in the end-of-life product.

[0132] Figure 7a 、 Figure 7b An end-of-life triggering event is schematically illustrated to execute end-of-life instructions associated with a chemical product.

[0133] The end of life trigger can be generated based on sensor detection of the end of life product 130. The end of life (EOL) trigger can be generated based on the end of life instruction 150 provided with the final product passport, which can be triggered by the end of life user. The end of life trigger can be generated by any participant node of the decentralized network, such as the computing node of the end of life user. Figure 7a As shown, the participant node 702 that triggers the end-of-life event can execute an instruction configured to provide an end-of-life trigger to the participant node 700 that provides the end-of-life instruction. The participant node 702 that generates the end-of-life trigger can serve as the end-of-life trigger providing service 702. The participant node 702 that generates the end-of-life trigger can also receive the end-of-life instruction. The participant node 702 that generates the end-of-life trigger can serve as the end-of-life instruction consuming service 702.

[0134] like Figure 7bAs shown, a participant node 702 generating a lifespan end-of-life trigger may execute instructions configured to provide the lifespan end-of-life trigger to a participant node 704, which acts as an intermediary for a computing node 700 configured to provide the lifespan end-of-life instruction. The participant node 702 generating the lifespan end-of-life trigger may act as a lifespan end-of-life trigger providing service 702. The lifespan end-of-life trigger may be provided to an intermediate node 704, which may be configured to provide the lifespan end-of-life trigger to the computing node 700 configured to provide the lifespan end-of-life instruction. The participant node 702 generating the lifespan end-of-life trigger may receive the lifespan end-of-life instruction via the intermediate node 704 or directly from the lifespan end-of-life instruction providing service 700. The participant node 702 generating the lifespan end-of-life trigger may act as a lifespan end-of-life instruction consuming service 702. The lifespan end-of-life instruction may be provided to any computing node acting as a lifespan end-of-life instruction consuming service 702. The lifespan end-of-life instruction may be used by the lifespan end-of-life consuming service 702 to generate control data.

[0135] Figure 8 Examples of methods, systems 800 , or apparatuses 802 - 810 for reusing end-of-life products or portions thereof to recover chemical materials contained in the end-of-life products are schematically illustrated.

[0136] To reuse end-of-life products produced based on chemical products or parts thereof and to recycle chemical materials, end-of-life triggers and / or end-of-life instructions can be provided via a decentralized network. Thus, system components can be implemented by different computing nodes associated with participants in the decentralized network. A single computing node can implement one or more components of system 800.

[0137] The trigger provider 802 can be configured to generate at least one end-of-life trigger based on an end-of-life event associated with the end-of-life product 130. The end-of-life trigger can be associated with at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier. The trigger provider 802 can be associated with a user of the final product 120 or a user of the end-of-life product 130.

[0138] When the final product 120 reaches the end of its life, the final product 120 can be disposed of by the end user via a waste collection system. The waste collection system can be a municipal waste collection system or a more complex waste collection system, such as the waste collection system provided by the final product return system. The trigger provider 802 can be implemented by the waste collection system or a computing node associated with the waste collection system.

[0139] The waste collection system may include a sensor, such as an optical sensor, to detect the receipt of the final product 120. Upon returning the final product 120, the final product 120 may be declared as an end-of-life product 130, which may indicate an end-of-life event. The end-of-life event may involve registration of the end-of-life product 130 with the waste collection system. An end-of-life trigger may be generated when the final product is returned or registered with the waste collection system.

[0140] The final product 120 may include a final product identifier physically connected to the final product. The waste collection system may provide such an identifier through sensor measurements. For example, an optical sensor records a printed code, such as a QR code, in which the final product identifier is encoded. The end-of-life trigger may involve or include the final product identifier, in particular a decentralized final product identifier. The final product identifier may be related to a chemical product identifier associated with a chemical product contained in the final product. The end-of-life trigger may include or involve the chemical product identifier. The chemical product identifier associated with the chemical product contained in the end-of-life product may be obtained through a relationship with the final product identifier. Figure 3b and Figure 3c One way to achieve this relationship is illustrated in , via a product passport that includes a chemical product passport.

[0141] An end-of-life trigger can be generated based on a chemical product identifier (particularly a decentralized identifier) ​​associated with the chemical product. The generated end-of-life trigger can be provided to an end-of-life trigger service and provided to an end-of-life event consumption service of the chemical product producer via peer-to-peer communication. When providing the generated end-of-life trigger, an end-of-life instruction can be provided to initiate a reuse process to recycle the chemical materials contained in the end-of-life product.

[0142] The instruction provider 804 may be configured to provide at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger. The generated end-of-life trigger may be provided to obtain the end-of-life instruction provided by the chemical product manufacturer. The end-of-life trigger may be related to a decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce the end-of-life product. The end-of-life instruction may be provided with respect to the decentralized identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce the end-of-life product.

[0143] End of life directives can be part of a chemical product passport, e.g. Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figures 3a to 3c 、 Figure 4 and Figure 5By means of a relationship between a chemical product identifier (particularly a decentralized identifier) ​​and a final product identifier, a user of the final product or a user of the end-of-life product can access the end-of-life instructions.

[0144] The end-of-life instructions may be stored, for example, in a decentralized database associated with the chemical product producer. The end-of-life instructions may be provided in response to providing a generated end-of-life trigger. The end-of-life instructions may be provided by the chemical producer via a decentralized network. The end-of-life trigger may be provided by an end-of-life trigger service of an end-of-life product user or an end-of-life product user. The end-of-life trigger may be received by an end-of-life event consumption service of the chemical product producer.

[0145] The end-of-life instructions may be provided by an end-of-life instruction providing service of a chemical product producer, or received by an end-of-life instruction consuming service of an end-of-life product user or an end-of-life product user.

[0146] The generated end-of-life trigger can be provided to a trigger consumption service associated with the chemical product producer. Through the relationship between the chemical product identifier (particularly the decentralized identifier) ​​and the final product identifier, the chemical product identifier can be provided to the trigger consumption service associated with the chemical product producer.

[0147] The end of life trigger may involve or include a decentralized identifier associated with the end of life product and / or data related to the end of life product data to provide access to the end of life product data of the chemical producer. In this way, the end of life product data may be provided to the chemical producer. Such end of life product data may include properties of the end of life product related to the performance or use of the chemical product contained in the end of life product. The end of life instruction provision service associated with the chemical product producer may provide or transmit the end of life instruction associated with the chemical product identifier (particularly the decentralized identifier) ​​to the end of life instruction consumption service associated with the user of the final product 120 or the user of the end of life product 130. Upon receiving the end of life instruction, the end of life instruction may be initialized and executed to recycle the chemical material.

[0148] The instruction executor 806 can be configured to generate control data associated with recycling at least one chemical material from one or more end-of-life products produced from at least one chemical product based on at least one end-of-life instruction. The instruction executor 806 can be configured to execute at least one end-of-life instruction and initiate processing of the end-of-life products to recover the chemical material. The end-of-life instruction, when executed by the computing node, can initiate a process for recovering the chemical material. The end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product can include or generate control data for sorting and / or collecting the end-of-life product. The end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product can involve or generate control data for providing the end-of-life product or at least a portion of the end-of-life product to a chemical processing plant.

[0149] The control data provider 808 can be configured to provide control data to initiate a process for recycling chemical materials. The control data can be associated with one or more processing steps of the recycling process. The recycling process can include returning the end-of-life product or its portion to the chemical product manufacturer and / or processing the end-of-life product or its portion by the chemical product manufacturer. The control data can relate to chemical and / or physical processing of the end-of-life product to recover the chemical material.

[0150] The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment methods suitable for processing end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment methods to be performed by a chemical product producer. The control data may relate to returning end-of-life products or parts thereof to a chemical product producer. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment plants suitable for processing end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to chemical and / or physical treatment plants suitable for recovering chemical materials from end-of-life products or parts thereof. The control data may relate to collecting, sorting and / or transporting end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to providing end-of-life products or at least a part of end-of-life products to a chemical and / or physical treatment plant associated with a chemical product producer.

[0151] A plant operator 810 of a chemical and / or physical processing plant 812 may be configured to receive control data and initiate processing of end-of-life products or portions thereof to recycle chemical materials. The operator of the chemical and / or physical processing plant may be associated with a chemical product producer that produces the chemical products.

[0152] A chemical and / or physical processing plant 812 for processing end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover chemical materials may be associated with a chemical product producer.

[0153] Chemical and / or physical processing plants 812 may physically perform processing of end-of-life products or portions thereof to recover chemical materials.

[0154] Figure 9 A user interface for initiating a process for handling end-of-life products and recycling chemical materials is schematically illustrated.

[0155] User interface 900 illustrates two views that a user of an end-of-life product can obtain to trigger an end-of-life event and respond to triggering an end-of-life event. The upper view illustrates a view for triggering an end-of-life event. For example, based on reading a QR code of an end-of-life product, a user may be prompted to specify a product screen and an end-of-life reached button 902. When the end-of-life reached button 902 is clicked, an end-of-life trigger may be generated and end-of-life instructions, such as Figures 1 to 9 The end-of-life instructions may be configured to generate control data for collecting end-of-life products. Figure 3a As shown, the end-of-life instructions may specify a component of an end-of-life product including a chemical product 904, and may indicate a method of reuse or disposal 906, a date 908 for collecting the end-of-life product or the corresponding component, and a location 910. Thus, the end-of-life instructions may be retrieved to generate control data associated with a process step for collecting the end-of-life product or the component of the end-of-life product.

[0156] The end-of-life instructions may include more information related to more processing steps. For example, the end-of-life instructions may relate to a reuse method. The end-of-life instructions may be configured to generate control data for collecting, sorting, transporting and / or processing the end-of-life product or at least a portion of the end-of-life product. The end-of-life instructions may be configured to generate control data for providing the end-of-life product or at least a portion of the end-of-life product to a chemical and / or physical processing plant associated with a chemical product producer. The control data may relate to returning the end-of-life product or a portion thereof to the chemical product producer. The control data may relate to a chemical and / or physical processing method suitable for processing the end-of-life product or a portion thereof to recover chemical materials. The control data may relate to a chemical and / or physical processing method to be performed by the chemical product producer.

[0157] The present disclosure has also been described in conjunction with preferred embodiments and examples. However, other variations to the claimed invention can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art from a study of the drawings, the present disclosure, and the claims.

[0158] Any of the steps presented herein may be performed in any order. The methods disclosed herein are not limited to a particular order of the steps. Different steps do not need to be performed at specific locations in the distributed system or at specific computing nodes; that is, each step may be performed at a different computing node using different equipment / data processing.

[0159] As used herein, “determining” also includes “initiating or causing determination,” “generating” also includes “initiating and / or causing generation,” and “providing” also includes “initiating or causing determination, generation, selection, sending, and / or receiving.” “Initiating or causing performance of an action” includes any processing signal that triggers a computing node or device to perform a corresponding action.

[0160] In the claims and throughout the description, the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the indefinite article "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single element or other unit may fulfill the functions of several entities or items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used in an advantageous embodiment.

[0161] Any disclosure and embodiment described herein relates to the methods, systems, apparatus, computer program elements listed above, and vice versa. Advantageously, the benefits provided by any embodiment and example also apply to all other embodiments and examples, and vice versa.

[0162] All terms and definitions used herein should be understood broadly and have their ordinary meanings.

Claims

1. A method for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the method comprising the steps of: providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with the at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier; generating, based on the at least one end-of-life instruction, control data associated with recycling the at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products produced based on the at least one chemical product; The control data is provided to initiate a process for recovering the chemical material.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the chemical material comprises one or more compounds produced from the end-of-life product or a portion thereof, wherein the chemical material comprises one or more compounds suitable for producing the at least one chemical product.

3. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with at least one chemical product identifier, the at least one chemical product identifier being associated with the chemical product used to produce the end-of-life product.

4. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product used to produce the end-of-life product is provided with respect to the at least one chemical product identifier associated with the chemical product used to produce the end-of-life product.

5. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is provided in response to providing the end-of-life trigger to an instruction providing service associated with an end-product producer, an end-product user or an end-of-life product user, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is provided from the instruction providing service associated with the end-product producer, the end-product user or the end-of-life product user via a decentralized network.

6. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is provided in response to providing the end-of-life trigger to an instruction providing service associated with a chemical product producer, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is provided from the instruction providing service associated with the chemical product producer via the decentralized network.

7. A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product is configured to generate control data, which is used to provide the end-of-life product or at least a portion of the end-of-life product to a chemical and / or physical processing plant associated with the chemical product producer.

8. A method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control data are generated in association with one or more processing steps of the process, wherein the process includes returning end-of-life products or parts thereof to the chemical product producer and / or processing end-of-life products or parts thereof by the chemical product producer.

9. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the control data relates to chemical and / or physical treatment of the end-of-life product to recover the chemical material.

10. Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control data relate to chemical and / or physical treatment methods suitable for processing the end-of-life product or part thereof to recover the chemical material.

11. Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the control data relate to chemical and / or physical treatment methods to be performed by the chemical product producer, wherein the control data relate to returning the end-of-life product or part thereof to the chemical product producer.

12. An apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products, wherein the one or more end-of-life products are produced based on at least one chemical product, the apparatus being configured to: providing at least one end-of-life instruction associated with the chemical product based on at least one end-of-life trigger, wherein the at least one end-of-life trigger is associated with the at least one chemical product and at least one chemical product identifier; generating, based on at least one end-of-life instruction, control data associated with recycling the at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products produced based on the at least one chemical product; The control data is provided to initiate a process for recovering the chemical material.

13. A system for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products, the system comprising: The apparatus for controlling one or more end-of-life products to recover at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products according to claim 12, A chemical and / or physical treatment plant for treating said end-of-life products or parts thereof to recover said chemical materials, wherein said chemical and / or physical treatment plant is associated with a chemical product producer.

14. A chemical product associated with at least one end-of-life instruction, the at least one end-of-life instruction being configured to control one or more end-of-life products to recycle at least one chemical material from the one or more end-of-life products, wherein the end-of-life instruction is configured to provide control data according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 11, or by the apparatus of claim 12, or by the system of claim 13.

15. Use of the control data provided by the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, the device according to claim 12 or the system according to claim 13 for recovering chemical materials and / or resupplying chemical materials to one or more chemical production processes.

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