homogenize

processing to improve the uniform distribution of a component and/or a property over a quantity of plastic material

Landfill

Landfill for the disposal of waste on or in land under controlled or regulated conditions

mass-balanced product

This is a product for whose manufacture in the value chain waste-based raw materials were demonstrably used in the mass balance. The proportion of waste-based raw materials in the product does not necessarily have to be physically detectable.

Material recovery

Material preparation including mechanical recycling, material (chemical) recycling and organic recycling, but excluding energy recovery.

Mechanical recycling

Processing of plastic waste into secondary raw materials or products without significant change in the chemical structure of the material