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Standards Resources
NIST also advances the circular economy by engaging in the identification and development of documentary standards as well as developing a Circular Economy Standards Registry. Learn more below.
Circular Economy Standards Registry
Currently under development, the Circular Economy Standards Registry is a tool for those developing and using standards to find existing standards, standards committees, and other standards-related resources relevant to the circular economy. Users can search for resources using keywords and filter the results based on circular economy concepts and topics. Contact: Noah Last
Documentary Standards Committee Engagements
NIST’s Circular Economy (CE) Program contributors actively participate in documentary standards committees, specifically those related to our Research Areas, ensuring that the technical expertise and knowledge generated through NIST research informs the development of standards. In these committees, NIST staff collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, including representatives from industry, academia, and other government agencies, to identify and develop voluntary, open, consensus-based documentary standards. If you have questions about particular standards activities, please reach out to the contacts listed in the tables below or the CE program directors.
Jump to: Batteries | Critical Minerals / Materials | Polymers / Plastics | Solar Photovoltaics | System and Decision Science | Textiles
Batteries
| SAE Battery Standards Recycling Committee | Jamie Weaver |
| ISO/TC 333 Lithium | Jamie Weaver |
| SAE Battery Global Traceability Standards Committee | Jamie Weaver & Kelsea Schumacher |
Critical Minerals / Materials
Polymers / Plastics
Plastics Related
| ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics | McKenzie Coughlin |
Weathering and Durability
| ASTM Committee G03 on Weathering and Durability | Li Piin Sung |
Micro- and Nanoplastics
ASTM Committee E56 on Nanotechnology
| Justin Gorham & Vince Hackley |
| Vince Hackley & Elisabeth Mansfield |
| ASTM Cross-Committee Discussion on Microparticles/Microplastics | Justin Gorham & Michelle Seitz |
Solar Photovoltaics
System and Decision Science
Circular Economy
| KC Morris | |
| ISO/TC 323 on Circular Economy | Noah Last |
Learn more about NIST's involvement in ASTM E60.13 and in ISO/TC 323.
Ontologies
| Open Applications Group IOF Core Ontology Working Group | Evan Wallace & Boonserm Kulvatunyou |
Supply Chains and Traceability
ASTM Committee F49 on Digital Information in the Supply Chain | Evan Wallace |
| Evan Wallace | |
| ISO/TC 308 Chain of Custody | Kelsea Schumacher |
Textiles
| ASTM Committee D13 on Textiles | Amanda Forster |