Supporting the Development of Circular Value Chains in the Automotive Sector Through an Information Sharing System: The TREASURE Project

Circular Economy (CE) and Circular Value Chains (CVCs) are two topics commonly addressed in literature. However, there is a big research gap in terms of how to practically transform linear value chains into circular ones and very few application cases. The intent of this paper is to propose a way to support the creation of circular value chains through the implementation of an information sharing system in the automotive sector. To this aim, the TREASURE project will be taken into account as a reference example. A preliminary analysis of the context shows a high innovation potential related to the introduction of a similar technology linking car parts suppliers and carmakers with End-of-Life (EoL) actors.