Unlocking circular economy value through trusted and decentralised data sharing

Abstract

Discover how the JIDEP project evidences unlocking circular economy value through trusted and decentralised industrial data sharing. Europe’s transition to a greener and more digital economy depends on smarter, more efficient use of industrial data. The JIDEP project, completed in May 2025, showed how secure, decentralised data sharing can drive circular innovation across sectors like wind energy, automotive, and electronics. With the Joint Industrial Data Exchange Pipeline (JIDEP) project now concluded, it leaves behind a powerful vision: enabling circular industry by making high-value material and product data accessible, secure, and shareable across sectors. Funded by Horizon Europe, the three-year initiative brought together 13 partners across seven countries to build and demonstrate a platform where manufacturers, recyclers, and technology providers could collaborate through trusted, decentralised data exchange.