Nelson Mandela
18th July 1918
LEXICON
. Agglomeration : technique aimed at rendering fluffy materials (foils) denser so as to enable a freeflowing feeding into extruders.
. Creosote : common name of a fongicide, the benzo-a-pyrene, which is a carcinogenic of class 2A, used as impregnation of wooden posts and fences (forbidden in France since April 2019).
. Multi-layer packaging : plastic packaging composed of different, difficult to separate components (aluminium, pet, PE, PP, PA, evoh).
. Extrusion : technique aimed at heating and forming a material through a dye and a calibration unit in order to produce long profiles or tubes.
. Gate Fee : fee levied by a recycler for waste deliveries = fee to be paid for a lawful and correct recycling garantee
. Plastic intrusion : technique aimed at injecting a melt into a 2 or 3 D mold without water cooling.
. Post-Industriel : said of waste generated by industries, generally cleaner and better defined than post-consumer waste
. Proof of concept : validation of a process or an idea in a physical manner.