The AWARE™ yarn and fabric is now able to be produced freely within any supply chain of choice. How? Because the fingerprint and relevant certifications that’s contained within the AWARE™ fabric is held securely in a special digital ‘passport’ (token). These tokens are registered in the decentralized blockchain. So, wherever the fabric goes and however it’s used, it will remain honest and true. Just like it was meant to be.

It’s not only the textile itself that remains traceable and secure. Whatever garment or accessory that it’s turned into can be scanned at any given moment too. T-shirt, sweater, bag, you name it. Simply holding the special mobile scanner up to the item will reveal its true identity, or reveal it’s hiding a dirty secret. Only a positive scan can confirm if the final product is made from original Aware™ recycled materials. Scanner and tracer material are exclusive and linked to each other.

Finally, at the exact moment of scanning at the end of the supply chain, a product made using AWARE™ recycled textiles will reveal its true story. As the scan happens and the unique fingerprint is detected, it will be matched to the data related to the original recycled materials stored within the token in the blockchain. Identification is confirmed. Authentication is confirmed. Data is available. Thumbs-up are given. All original certifications are visible and connected to the final product. Tokens can be checked and original data looked up in the AWARE™ user interface forever.