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....