Glossary

EPR and sustainability, explained.

Plain-language definitions for EPR, waste management, and environmental compliance. No jargon, no filler.

What is fibre composition?

Fibre composition shows what fibers make fabric—natural or synthetic. It affects comfort, durability, recycling, and environmental impact. Checking it helps you choose sustainable, longer-lasting clothes.

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What is fibre-to-fibre recycling?

Fibre-to-fibre recycling turns old textiles into new fabrics, saving water and energy while reducing waste. It helps close the loop in fashion, making clothes more sustainable and eco-friendly.

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What is financial responsibility (EPR)?

Financial Responsibility in EPR means producers pay for managing their product waste, encouraging eco-friendly design, supporting recycling, reducing public costs, and promoting a circular, sustainable economy.

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What is fish and click?

Fish and Click uses digital tools to reveal sustainable fishing info, helping consumers choose eco-friendly seafood, reduce waste, and support healthy oceans through transparency and cooperation.

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What is fisheries control regulation?

The Fisheries Control Regulation ensures sustainable fishing in the EU by setting catch limits, monitoring activities, promoting traceability, and encouraging cooperation to protect fish stocks and oceans.

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What is fishing for litter?

Fishing for Litter lets fishermen collect ocean trash during fishing, preventing harm to wildlife and promoting recycling. It supports cleaner seas, healthier fish, and a circular economy.

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What is fishing gear containing plastic?

Plastic fishing gear is strong but can harm oceans when lost, trapping wildlife and breaking into microplastics. Recycling, using alternatives, and sustainable choices help protect marine life.

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What is fishing gear dismantling?

Fishing gear dismantling breaks down old nets, ropes, and metal to recycle materials, reducing ocean pollution and ghost gear, supporting marine life, circular economy, and local jobs.

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What is fishing net recycling?

Fishing net recycling turns old nets into new products, reducing ocean pollution, protecting marine life, saving resources, and supporting coastal jobs, creating a healthier environment for all.

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What is flake recycled plastic?

Recycled plastic flakes are small, cleaned pieces of plastic waste used to make new products. They support recycling and circular economy by reducing waste and saving resources.

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What is flexible film?

Flexible films are lightweight, bendable packaging that protects products and reduces waste. Making them recyclable or bio-based supports a circular economy and cuts environmental impact.

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What is flexible packaging?

Flexible packaging is lightweight, reduces waste and emissions, keeps food fresh longer, and can fit a circular economy if designed for easy recycling and reuse. Small changes help the planet!

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What is float-sink separation?

Float-sink separation sorts materials by density using liquids, helping recycle plastics and clean soil efficiently. It saves energy, reduces waste, and supports a circular economy.

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What is food contact materials regulation?

The Food Contact Materials Regulation ensures packaging is safe, prevents harmful chemicals in food, promotes recyclable materials, supports circular economy, and protects health and the environment.

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What is food-grade recyclate?

Food-grade recyclate is recycled plastic safe for food packaging. It meets strict hygiene rules, cuts waste, saves resources, and helps create a circular economy in food packaging.

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What is food-grade recycling?

Food-grade recycling safely turns used food packaging into clean, reusable containers, cutting waste and pollution while protecting food and supporting a circular, sustainable economy.

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What is food waste?

Food waste wastes resources, harms the environment, and fuels climate change. Reducing it saves money, feeds people, and supports sustainability through actions like meal planning, donating, and composting.

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What is Fost Plus in Belgium?

Fost Plus leads Belgium’s recycling of household packaging, achieving a 95% rate by sorting plastics, metals, paper, and glass locally. They boost circularity, reduce waste, and promote sustainable packaging design.

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What is free rider prevention?

Communities and companies can stop free riding by setting clear rules, using monitoring tools, offering rewards, and educating people. This builds fairness, shared responsibility, and a stronger circular economy.

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What is FTI in Sweden?

FTI in Sweden collects and recycles packaging and newspapers via convenient stations. Owned by material companies, it supports circular economy by reducing waste and saving resources.

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What is full cost recovery (EPR)?

Full Cost Recovery in EPR means producers pay all waste management costs, encouraging eco-friendly design, fair competition, less waste, and a circular economy for cleaner, greener communities.

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What is gallium in electronics?

Gallium boosts electronics by making devices faster and more energy-efficient. Recycling it supports circular economy, securing supply and cutting environmental harm in tech industries.

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What is gasification?

Gasification turns waste like wood and crop leftovers into syngas, a clean energy source. It reduces landfill use, cuts pollution, and supports circular economy by reusing tough-to-recycle materials.

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What is gate-to-gate assessment?

Gate-to-Gate Assessment measures environmental impact during one production stage, helping companies reduce resource use, waste, and pollution for more sustainable, efficient processes.

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