Matthieu-P. Schapranow presented on the sustainable use of RFID tags in the pharmaceutical industry at a workshop in Spain. The presentation discussed using RFID tags throughout the European pharmaceutical supply chain and the challenges of handling RFID waste. It proposed solutions for recovering RFID tags from common pharmaceutical packaging materials like pallets, paper, tinplates, glass, and plastics to prevent contamination of recycling materials and improve recycling. The goal is to derive producers from tag data and apply special handling to pharmaceutical packages to reduce costs and generate recycling statistics.

1. Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharmaceutical Industry European Workshop on Smart Objects: Systems, Technologies and Applications15-16 June, 2010 – Ciudad Real, Spain Matthieu-P. Schapranow Hasso Plattner Institute

2. Agenda Key Facts about the Hasso Plattner Institute European Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Waste Handling Tag ProductCompounds RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 2

3. Key Facts about the Hasso Plattner InstituteInternals Founded as a public-private partnershipin 1998 in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany Institute belongs to theUniversity of Potsdam Ranked 1st in CHE 2009 500 B.Sc. and M.Sc. students 10 professors, 92 PhD students Course of study: IT Systems Engineering RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 3

4. Key Facts about the Hasso Plattner Institute Research Group Hasso Plattner / Alexander Zeier Research focus: real customer data for enterprisesoftware and design of complex applications In-Memory Data Management for Enterprise Applications Human-Centered Software Design and Engineering Maintenance and Evolution of SOA Systems Integration of RFID Technology in Enterprise Platforms Cooperations Academic: Stanford, MIT, etc. Industry: SAP, Siemens, Audi, etc. RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 4

5. Key Facts about the Hasso Plattner InstituteWhat can we do for you? Network between Industry and Academic,e.g. European section of the Curriculum RFID seminars for graduate / undergraduate students Trends & concepts lecture (Prof. Hasso Plattner) Enterprise Application Architecture Laboratory Enterprise software, e.g. SAP, Microsoft, etc. Equipped RFID Lab, e.g. deister electronic, noFilis, etc. Concrete sizing and simulation of customer supply chains RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 5

6. European Pharma Supply ChainAnti-Counterfeiting RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 6

7. European Pharma Supply ChainAnti-Counterfeiting (cont’d) RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 7

8. European Pharma Supply ChainData Sizing Assumptions 14,9 billion pharmaceuticals on prescription per year ~9 read events per supply chain 1 x producer(create + out) 2 x distributors(in + out) 1 x pharmacy(in + sell) 1 x customer (check) Assuming 220 working days with 14 hours per day production results in ~12k events/second Source: Interview with Stefan Führing(Pharmaceuticals, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General European Commission) RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 8

9. Waste HandlingRegulationsfor Electronic Waste European Parliament and the Council of the EU 2002/95/EC Restricts hazardous components in electronic devices 2002/96/EC Regulations for recycling Defines amounts of reusable components per device Germany Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG), spec. 2005 “StiftungElektro-AltgeräteRegistrierung” Manufacturers have to register monthly output quantity Monetary transfers to guarantee product recycling Handling of RFID components is not defined! RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 9

10. Waste Handling PharmaceuticalWaste in Germany Toxic Waste 7,000 tons Non-ToxicWaste 198,000 tons, incl. human andveterinarywaste Recycled via domesticwaste Contains tagged packaging material of pharmaceuticals RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 10

11. Tag ProductCompounds Pallets Paper Tinplatesand Steel Glass Plastics RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 11

12. Tag ProductCompoundsPallets Old ordamagedpalletsareshredded Data matrix: unadequate: dirt, damage, not reuseable, … Tag: Replaceexisting tag toreuseit on newpallet, band sawequippedwithshortrangereaderidentifies tag RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 12 www.packaging.net.au www.detroitbandsaw.com

13. Tag ProductCompoundsPaper 60 milliontonsrecycledper year in the EU Data matrix: Deinkingbychemicals Tag: Usingreaderstolocate tag, thenpunching out RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 13 Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH

14. Tag ProductCompoundsTinplatesand Steel Max. 3 permillecopper in recycled material (steelscrapdefinition) Data matrix: printed on a label, removalduringcleanup Tag: Syntheticlayerenclosing tag, attachedbyglue Noadaptionoftherecyclingprocessrequired RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 14 mehartrading.com mehartrading.com

15. Tag ProductCompoundsGlass Usedforpillsorpharmaceuticalmixtures Data matrix: printed on a label, removalduringcleanup Tag: Attaching tag tocap, capscanbeidentifiedreliably Noadaptionoftherecyclingprocessrequired RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 15 www.lotfi.net

16. Tag ProductCompoundsPlastics Blister packages Recycling material hastobeshredded, i.e. tags aredamaged Data matrix: Is destroyed/separatedchemically Tag: Checkingforradioemissions, postponefor separate processing RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 16 www.ecreden.com

17. Issue: Contaminationofrecyclingmaterialsby RFID tag artifacts Solution: Preventingshredderingof electronic components Chances: Decision-drivenrecycling Derivingproducersby EPC Special handlingforpharmaceuticalpackagescanbeappliedautomatically Costs-by-causeprinciple Statistics Whattotakehome?Improving Recycling by RFID Tags RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 17

18. Thank you for your interest!Keep in contact with us. Responsible: Deputy Prof. of Prof. Hasso PlattnerDr. Alexander Zeierzeier@hpi.uni-potsdam.de Matthieu-P. Schapranow, M.Sc. matthieu.schapranow@hpi.uni-potsdam.de Hasso Plattner InstituteEnterprise Platform & Integration ConceptsMatthieu-P. SchapranowAugust-Bebel-Str. 8814482 Potsdam, Germany RFIDSystech10, Sustainable Use of RFID Tags in the Pharma Industry, Schapranow, June 15-16, 2010 18