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Green supply Integrates environmental concerns in every step of the

chain supply chain: manufacturing, material sourcing and
selection, product design, transport, sale and end-of-life

management.
Green Consists of making purchasing decisions that are
purchasing environmentally conscious, in terms of waste disposal,
promotion of reuse, recycle, resource reduction, and
material replacement.
Plastics Polymers of high molecular weight, usually synthetic and
derived from petrochemicals.
Plastic waste Technique of separating and use resources in terms of

management waste disposal, avoiding causing harm to the
environment.
Sustainable Combines environmental concerns with business
packaging considerations to develop and/or purchase sustainable
and eco-friendly solutions in terms of packaging.
Waste hierarchy Based upon the description of the relative environmental
damage of several waste management methods, the

concept of waste hierarchy entails five-levels: prevention,
reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery. Disposal is
situated is considered the last resort in the waste
hierarchy.
Module 4: “Redesigning products and services to minimise the use of
materials”

Design for the The reduction of product, process or service impact on
Environment humans and the environment, considering the whole life

(DfE) cycle.
Eco-design Integration of environmental aspects into product design
and development, with the aim of reducing adverse
environmental impacts throughout a product's life cycle.
It can be applied to both existing and new products.

Green design Redesigning individual qualities of individual products or
services to make them more sustainable and ecological,
with lower impact on the environment.
Greenwashing The process of conveying a false impression or providing
misleading information about how the products of
a company are more environmentally friendly than they
really are.

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