TABLE OF CONTENTS | ?-BL | ?-Butyrolactone |
| ?-CL | ?-Caprolactone |
| ?MCL | ?-Methyl- ?-caprolactone |
| ?-PL | ?-Propiolactone |
| ?-VL | ?-Valerolactone |
| 3HB | 3-Hydroxybutyrate |
| 3HB- co-3HV | 3-Hydroxybutyrate- co-3-hydroxyvalerate |
| 3HB- co-4HB | 3-Hydroxybutyrate- co-4-hydroxybutyrate |
| 3HD | 3-Hydroxydecanoate |
| 3HHX | 3-Hydroxyhexanoate |
| 3HP | 3-Hydroxypropionate |
| 3HPE | Tritium labelled polyethylene |
| 3HV | 3-Hydroxyvalerate |
| 4HB | 4-Hydroxybutyrate |
| 4HV | 4-Hydroxyvalerate |
| 8-OL | 8-Octanolide |
| AATCC | American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists |
| ABS | Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer |
| ACP | Acyl carrier protein |
| ADM | Archer Daniels Midland Co |
| Ala | Alanine |
| ANL | Aspergillus niger lipase |
| AOT | Bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate, sodium salt |
| AOX | Adsorbable organic halogens |
| Arg | Arginine |
| Asn | Asparagine |
| Asp | Aspartic acid |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AVI | AIB-Vin otte International |
| BBM | Benzyl ?-malolactonate |
| BML | Benzyl malolactonate |
| BOD | Biological oxygen demand |
| BPI | International Biodegradable Products Institute |
| BPS | Biodegradable Plastics Society |
| BTA | Butanediol, terephthalic acid and adipic acid |
| BUWAL | Bundesamt f r Umwelt Wald und Landschaft, Switzerland |
| CAL | Candida antarctica lipase |
| CAS | Continuous activated sludge |
| CCL | Candida cylindracea lipase |
| CEC | Cation exchange capacity |
| CEN | Comit Europ en de Normalisation European Committee for Standardisation |
| COD | Chemical oxygen demand |
| CP/MAS | Cross-polarisation magic-angle-spinning |
