| APME |
Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe
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| CAS no. |
CAS = Chemical Abstract Service. A CAS no. is a unique number
identifying a given chemical substance
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| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbon (i.e. hydrocarbons with chlorine and
fluorine)
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| CO2 |
Carbon dioxide
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| DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN – the German
Institute for Standardization)
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| DS |
Dansk Standard (DS – The Danish Standards Association)
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| EDIP |
Environmental Design of Industrial Products EN European
Standard ISO International Organisation for Standardisation LCA Life Cycle Assessment MECO
Materials, Energy, Chemicals, and Other mPEM milli-Person Equivalent – targeted mPR
milli-Person Reserves
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| MUP |
Det Materialeteknologiske UdviklingsProgram – a
programme for development of materials/technology
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| R phrase |
Risk phrase
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| Swan label |
A Nordic eco-label signifying that the product labelled is
among the top 33 per cent of the relevant product group as regards environmental issues
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| UPH |
A Danish system used to describe chemicals consumption at
enterprises. The letters stand for Uacceptabelt-Problematisk-HŒndterbart,
which can be translated as „Unacceptable-Problematic-Acceptable (literally,
„possible to handle")
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| VA approval |
An approval in accordance with the machine directive |