Method for operating production plants based on recycled material

An apparatus for operating a recycling process for processing recycled material, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computing nodes;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by the one or more computing nodes, cause the apparatus to perform the following steps:
• providing one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled material;
• determining at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled material as provided by recycled material data, including processing the recycled material data by at least one of (i) classification according to classification instructions providing material processing data associated with one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by one or more plants, and (ii) matching the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on operation data, wherein the operation data is provided by computer-executable instructions executing in an at least partially decentral computing environment, the computer-executable instructions being configured to access the operation data of the plant based on the plant identifier, wherein the operation data includes static data relating to general specifications of the plant or dynamic data relating to current specifications of the plant;
• providing plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s);
• and
• operating the recycling process by:
• providing the plant assignment data to a plant operation system;
• and
• based on the plant assignment data and associated recycled material data, generating and providing one or more plant operation instructions that, when executed by the plant operation system, cause the plant operation system to monitor and/or control plant operations by monitoring and/or controlling a feed of recycled material to the plant, including providing a composition of the feed based on the plant assignment data and the associated recycled material data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a computing environment, cause the computing environment to perform operations for operating a recycling process for processing recycled material, the operations comprising:

• (a) providing one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled material;
• (b) determining at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled material as provided by the recycled material data, including processing the recycled material data by at least one of:
• (i) classification according to classification instructions providing material processing data associated with one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by one or more plants;
• and
• (ii) matching the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on operation data,
• wherein the operation data is provided by computer-executable instructions executing in an at least partially decentral computing environment, the computer-executable instructions being configured to access the operation data of the plant based on the plant identifier, and
• wherein the operation data includes static data relating to general specifications of the plant or dynamic data relating to current specifications of the plant;
• (c) providing plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s);
• and
• (d) operating the recycling process by providing, to a plant operation system, the plant assignment data and, based on the plant assignment data and associated recycled material data, generating and providing one or more plant operation instructions that, when executed by the plant operation system, cause the plant operation system to monitor and/or control plant operations by monitoring and/or controlling a feed of recycled material to the plant, including providing a composition of the feed based on the plant assignment data and the associated recycled material data.