GFS GLOSSARY

EPR & Policy Related Terms

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
• Producer
• Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO)   
• EPR Scheme
• Compliance
• Obligation
• EPR Fees 
• Importer
• Individual Producer Responsibility
• Product Stewardship   
• Take-Back
• Pay As You Throw
• Deposit Refund System
• Packaging
• Electronics
• Textiles
• Batteries

Circular Economy Concepts and Systems

• Circular Economy
• Circularity 
• Cradle-to-Cradle  
• Eco-design   
• Sustainable Packaging Materials 
• Landfilling 
• Incineration
• Recycling
• Recovery   
• Refuse Derived Fuels (RDF)
  

Producers, Brands & Data Management

• Brand   
• Brand Owner 
• Producer 
• Fee Calculation  
• Compliance Year 
• Dashboard   
• Data Services   
• Production   
• Consumption
  

Packaging Materials and Waste Grades

• Food Grade Packaging  
• Packaging Type 
• Household Packaging
• Non-household Packaging
• Commonly Binned
• PET/PETE (Polyethylene Terephthalate)   
• LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene)   
• PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)
• PLA (Polylactic Acid)
• PP (Polypropylene)
• High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Multilayer Packaging (MLP)
  

Collection and Recycling Infrastructure

• Material Recovery Facility (MRF)   
• Reverse Vending Machine 
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Aggregation Centre
• Sorting Centre
• Recycling Centre
• Collection Point
• Waste Segregation