– RPM : Recycled Raw Material. Collected material which, when recycled, becomes a new raw material.

– Polyethylene : plastic obtained by polymerising ethylene.

– HD-PE : High Density Polyethylene

– rHD-PE : Recycled high-density polyethylene.

– Polypropylene (PP): plastic obtained by polymerising propylene.

– rPP: Recycled polypropylene

– Agglomerate: agglomerated particles.

– Granulate: element made up of various extruded, compacted or dehydrated materials.

– Extrusion: process of continuously shaping a material by forcing it through a die. The product is a semi-finished product.

– Densification: action of making more compact.

– ETV: a tool to help companies developing innovative environmental technologies by proving the reliability of the environmental and technological performance of their innovations. For more information: click here

– Circular economy: economic model whose aim is to design a product or service sustainably, to consume it differently, to give new life to the product and to give new life to the material. It contrasts with the so-called linear economy of ‘extract-manufacture-consume-dispose’. For more information: click here

– Recycling: the act of recovering products at the end of their life cycle with the aim of reintroducing them, after treatment, into the production cycle.

–Regeneration : operation to recycle waste in order to restore performance equivalent to the virgin substance, material or product.

– Life cycle: all the phases a product goes through from design to end of life.

– LCA (Product Life Cycle Assessment): a standardised environmental assessment with criteria covering the entire life cycle of a product: from the extraction or production of the raw materials used in the manufacture of the product, through all stages of production, distribution and analysis of the materials entering and leaving the product’s life cycle, right up to its end-of-life (recycling and final end-of-life as final waste). For more information: click here

– Traceability: identifying the origin of a product in order to retrace its entire journey, from production to distribution.

– Green energy: sustainable, non-polluting energy sources such as wind or hydroelectric power.

– Environmental impact: all the effects on the environment caused by a project, process or procedure, from its design to its ‘end of life’

– Fuel: an element that has the ability to burn.