Handbook on environmental assessment of products

Glossary of acronyms

APME Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe
  
CAS no. CAS = Chemical Abstract Service. A CAS no. is a unique number identifying a given chemical substance
  
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon (i.e. hydrocarbons with chlorine and fluorine)
  
CO2 Carbon dioxide
  
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN – the German Institute for Standardization)
  
DS Dansk Standard (DS – The Danish Standards Association)
  
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
  
MUP Det Materialeteknologiske UdviklingsProgram – a programme for development of materials/technology
  
R phrase Risk phrase
  
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
  
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")
  
VA approval An approval in accordance with the machine directive