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5. Glossary
Biomass; Biomass
Material of biological origin excluding material embedded in geological and/or fossilized formations (Standard NF EN 16575: 2014).
Composat (common parlance: Compound ); Compound
Intimate mixture of one (or more) polymer(s) with other substances such as fillers, plasticizers or colorants, which is used as a raw material in machines designed to manufacture plastic objects (Vocabulaire des matériaux, technologie des plastiques – Journal officiel de la République Française du 16/10/2011).
Packaging; Packaging
Any product made up of materials of any kind, designed to contain and protect specific goods, from raw materials to finished products, to enable them to be handled and transported from the producer to the consumer or user, and to ensure their presentation....
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Websites
• COTREP – Technical Committee for Plastic Packaging Recycling http://www.cotrep.fr/
• EFSA – European Food Safety Authority, plastics and plastics recycling http://www.efsa.europa.eu
• CORDIS – Community Research and Development Information...
Standards and norms
- CEN Biobased products – Vocabulary - EN 16575-2014 -
- CEN Packaging – Requirements for packaging recoverable by composting and biodegradation – Test program and assessment criteria for final acceptance of packaging - EN 13432-2000 -
Regulations
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 of January 14, 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (consolidated version of March 3, 2014)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of March 27, 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 (consolidated version of March 27,...
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2ACR – Association alliance chimie recyclage http://www.2acr.eu
ADEME – French Environment and Energy Management Agency http://www.ademe.fr
ACDV – Association de la chimie...
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