DIgital health in Circular Economy

Project Information

DICE

Grant agreement ID: 101060184

DOI

10.3030/101060184

EC signature date 7 June 2022

Start date 1 October 2022

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 9 210 393,54

EU contribution

€ 7 733 912,13

Coordinated by

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
Belgium

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (4)

Dissemination, exploitation & communication plan

This plan will outline the activities that will be undertaken by DICE to effectively promote the project, distribute its results and ensure these results are exploited (Task 1.1).

Project handbook

Document detailing the administrative procedures, describing guidelines and templates for financial and technical reporting, as well as for pilots (T7.2).

Circular digital health business model

A report detailing the results of the literature review and field analyses on current state-of-the-art circular digital health business models across Europe and beyond, with a specific taxonomy and templates for (inter)national implementation. (Task 6.1)

Best practices: Circular Digital Health Devices

This report will present a comprehensive overview of the best circular digital health devices in the world, create an overview of barriers that hamper the circularity of many digital health devices, and list opportunities for improvement (based on fast track life cycle analysis and circularity assessment) (Task2.1).

Data Management Plan (1)

Data management plan

Report outlining measures for data management according to the FAIR principles. It will be updated regularly, whenever considered relevant. (Task 7.2)

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Recycling technology & optimised processes developed to improve recycling yields for digital health devices.

A report including the recycling technology & optimised processes developed to improve recycling yields for digital health devices (Task 3.5). More specifically the report will include: overview of recycling technologies or methods and expected (baseline) recovery and recycling rates and yields for the selected digital health devices; Identification of new technologies and processes for improving recyclability, achieving the highest recovery and recycling rates; Quantified measures of improvement in recycling/recovery yields.

Publications

Thesis and dissertations (8)

Environmental Sustainability Of Using Digital Display Label In Clinical Trials: Case Study On Paliperidone Palmitate

Author(s): Rogghé Inza, Cadena Erasmo, Dewulf Jo, Boone Lieselot
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17736168

Insights into the Circular (re)Design of Medical Wearbale Sensors

Author(s): Matthijs Bult
Published in: 2023
Publisher: TU Delft

Designing a sustainable transition in the MedTech industry

Author(s): Dorien van Dolderen
Published in: 2023
Publisher: TU Delft

Determinants of Regulatory Approval for Reusable and Single-Use Medical Devices in Europe: A Descriptive Analysis using EUDAMED Data

Author(s): Long Tran
Published in: 2025
Publisher: FUB
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17749281

Improving the return rate of a smart pillbox in a circular economy

Author(s): Yifeng MAO
Published in: 2023
Publisher: TUD

Circular Innovation in In-Hospital Patient Monitoring

Author(s): Jamil Badloe
Published in: 2025
Publisher: TUD

Assessing environmental sustainability of digital health devices at a product and functional level

Author(s): Evy Hoobroeckx
Published in: 2023
Publisher: TUD

The environmental impact of pre- and postoperative care: An attempt at appraising clinical care pathways

Author(s): Tom Van Geldorp, Dewulf Jo, Lieselot Boone, Naomi Muindi
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17736012

Conference proceedings (4)

Redesigning Health Devices for the Circular Economy: A Case Study on Smart Pillboxes

Author(s): Tamara Hoveling, Yichen Jin, Jeremy Faludi, Conny Bakker
Published in: 2024 Electronics Goes Green 2024+ (EGG), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/EGG62010.2024.10631266

Exploring the applicability of circularity indicators to electronic medical devices: a literature review and prospective proposition.

Author(s): Adrien Specker , Federico Werner , Camille Rønn , Daniel Fürstenau
Published in: 2025
Publisher: WORLD RESOURCES FORUM

Lower Carbon Clinical Trials: Ensuring the benefits of our therapies are not offset by the impact of our operations

Author(s): Jason Laroche
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17750385

A Circular Economy for Medical Devices; Barriers and Opportunities for Laparoscopic Instruments

Author(s): Hoveling, T., Faludi, J., Bakker, C.A.
Published in: Conference proceedings: GOING GREEN CARE INNOVATION 2023, 2023
Publisher: Conference proceedings: GOING GREEN CARE INNOVATION 2023

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Circular Business Model for Digital Health Solutions: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Author(s): Camille Ronn, Andreas Wieland, Chrstiane Lehrer, Attila Marton, Jason Laroche, Adrien Specker, Pascal Leroy, Daniel Fürstenau
Published in: JMIR Research Protocols, Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 1929-0748
Publisher: JMIR Research Protocols
DOI: 10.2196/47874

Circular economy for medical devices: Barriers, opportunities and best practices from a design perspective

Author(s): Tamara Hoveling, Anne Svindland Nijdam, Marlou Monincx, Jeremy Faludi, Conny Bakker
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 208, 2024, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESCONREC.2024.107719

Critical review of environmental impact evaluations of electronic healthcare devices: challenges and recommendations

Author(s): Naomi Muindi, Lieselot Boone, Erasmo Cadena, Wouter De Soete, Kenneth Robertshaw, Jo Dewulf
Published in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 0948-3349
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S11367-024-02415-6

Circular Business Model for Digital Health Solutions: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Author(s): Camille Rønn, Andreas Wieland, Christiane Lehrer, Attila Márton, Jason LaRoche, Adrien Specker, Pascal Leroy, Daniel Fürstenau
Published in: JMIR Research Protocols, Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 1929-0748
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.2196/47874

Open Science

Author(s): Alexander Maedche, Edona Elshan, Hartmut Höhle, Christiane Lehrer, Jan Recker, Ali Sunyaev, Benjamin Sturm, Oliver Werth
Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering, Issue 66, 2024, ISSN 2363-7005
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S12599-024-00858-7

DiCE beoogt doorbraak in verduurzaming medische apparatuur

Author(s): René Luigies
Published in: ICT&health, 2024, ISSN 2542-8063
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17750262