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1. Persistent “forever chemicals”

Answer:  PFAS

2. Coating or layer that protects products from moisture, oxygen, or grease

Answer:  BARRIER

3. Fee adjustments that reward better packaging design under EPR programs

Answer:  ECOMODULATION

5. A renewable packaging material increasingly replacing plastic in many applications

Answer:  FIBER

6. Reducing material thickness without compromising strength or function

Answer:  DOWNGAUGING

9. Material used to protect products from temperature fluctuation

Answer:  REUSE

12. Using less material to achieve the same performance and reduce environmental impact

Answer:  LIGHTWEIGHTING

13. Temperature-controlled packaging and logistics for sensitive products

Answer:  COLD CHAIN

15. The ability for a material to be collected, processed, and reused in practice

Answer:  RECYCLABILITY

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2. Made partially or entirely from renewable, biological resources

Answer:  BIOBASED

4. Industry-standard testing protocols used to validate packaging performance

Answer:  ISTA

7. A hidden cost driver in packaging systems beyond unit price

Answer:  INVENTORY

8. Facility where recyclables are sorted and prepared for end markets

Answer:   MRF

10. Policy framework that shifts end-of-life packaging costs to producers

Answer:  EPR

11. Materials derived from abundant biological sources like seaweed or chitin

Answer:  NATURALPOLYMERS

13. A system where materials are designed to be reused, recycled, or returned to the supply chain

Answer:  CIRCULARITY

14. Designed to break down in industrial composting systems under controlled conditions

Answer:  COMPOSTABLE

16. Packaging made from a single material to improve recyclability

Answer:  MONO-MATERIAL

17. Material used to protect products from temperature fluctuation

Answer:  INSULATION

18. A tool used to compare environmental impacts across a product’s full life cycle

Answer:  LCA

19. The reverse logistics challenge behind circular systems

Answer:  RETURN

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