3HB

3-Hydroxybutyrate

3HHp

3-Hydroxyheptanoate

3HHx

3-Hydroxyhexanoate

3HO

3-Hydroxyoctanoate

3HV

3-Hydroxyvalerate

AERT

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies

AIDS

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

aPECH

Atactic PECH

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

BAT

British American Tobacco

BMC

Bulk moulding compound

BOD

Biological oxygen demand

BPI

British Plastics Institute

BSI

British Standards Institute

BTA

Co-polyester of terephthalic and adipic acids with 1,4-butandiol

CAB

Cellulose acetate butyrate

CC

Cellulose carbamate

CEN

European Committee for Standardisation

CHP

Combined heat and power

CL

Caprolactone

CNSL

Cashew nut shell liquid

CRPA

Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali

DCPO

Dicumylperoxide

DEEDS

Design for Environment Decision Support

ASR

Automobile shredder waste

ASTM

American Society for Testing Materials

ATPISO2

Acetylene-terminated polyimidesulfone

ATPS

Aqueous two-phase systems

ATR

Attenuated total reflectance

AU

Allylurea

B

Butadiene

BACA

N, N ?-bis(acryloyl)cystamine

B-AN

Butadiene-acrylonitrile

BB-PPO

Butylbenzoyl poly (phenylene oxide)

BC

Block copolymer

BCF

Bulk continuous filament

BD

1,4-Butandiol

BET

Braunauer-Emmett-Teller equation

BF

Bicomponent fibre

BMA

Butyl methacrylate

BMA- co-MMA

Poly(butyl methacrylate- co-ethyl methacrylate

BMEP

Bis(2-methacryloxyethyl) phosphate

BMI

Bismaleimide