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Links, Definitions and Resources
Definitions and Links:
CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility
Voluntary role of business in contributing to a better society and a cleaner environment beyond its financial and capital commitments
- Links: Ben and Jerry's, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Johnson and Johnson, Motorola, Nike, Procter and Gamble, Shell, Starbucks
- Recommended Text: What Matters Most
DFE: Design for Environment
An engineering perspective in which the environmentally related characteristics of a product, process or facility are optimized
EPR: Extended Producer Responsibility
Movement which holds producers responsible for the disposal of waste; seeks to reduce waste disposal and relieve the burden of removing waste off of municipalities
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
Consumer protection agency with a mission to promote and protect the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, monitor products for continued safety after they are in use, and to help the public get the accurate, science-based information needed to improve health
LCA: Life Cycle Analysis
The examination of everything that happens in the manufacture, use, and disposal of a product, from the time the raw materials are taken from the earth to the time the product is thrown away and is added to the ecosystem; the basic idea of LCA is to identify and evaluate all the environmental impacts of a given product
- Links: PRÉ Consultants
NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
Non-governmentally funded organizations with the goal to create a more peaceful, just, equitable and sustainable world for this and future generations
Packaging:
Any material used for or in connection with the containment, transport, handling, protection, promotion, marketing or sale of any product or substance
Packaging Mandates and Fees:
Regulations and costs associated with compliance to domestic and international packaging disposal laws
RPPC: Rigid Plastic Packaging Container Laws
Laws enacted as part of an effort to increase the use of recycled plastic and reduce the amount of plastic waste disposed in landfills
Sustainability:
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, or the health of the planet
Thermoforming:
A process in which a web or sheet of rigid thermoplastic is heated until soft. It is then shaped over or into a mold using a suitable combination of vacuum, blow pressure and a mechanical plug or ring assist. Once cooled the thermoformed part is trimmed from the web with die or punch press
Materials:
HDPE: High Density Polyethylene
Plastic used in the manufacturing of items such as plastic pipe, grocery bags, water coolers and milk bottles
PET: Polyethylene Terephthalate
Type of thermoplastic polyester and a leading recyclable plastic material
PLA: Polylactide
A polymer produced from the natural starches found in corn developed by NatureWorks LLC.
- Links: NatureWorks LLC
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