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Abbreviations

AGEC law
The French law on Anti-waste and Circular Economy
AI
Artificial intelligence
As
Arsenic
BAMB
Buildings as Materials Banks
Cd
Cadmium
CDW
Construction and demolition waste
CEO
Chief executive officer
CEN
The European Committee for Standardization (French: Comitté Européen de Normalisation)
Cr
Chromium
Cu
Copper
CWR
Community wood recycling 
DOC
Dissolved organic carbon
EPR
Extended producer responsibility
EoW
End of waste
EOL
End of Life
EP
Ethylene propylene
EPE
Expanded polyethylene
EPP
Expanded polypropylene
EPS
Expanded polystyrene
ETA
European technical assessment
EU
European Union
EWC-code
European Waste Catalogue code
FSC
Forest Stewardship Council
HFC
Hydrofluorocarbon (gas)
Hg
Mercury
L/S
Liquid-solid ratio
Ni
Nickel
PAH
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons
Pb
Lead
PBL
Swedish planning and building act
PC
Polycarbonate
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PE
Polyethylene
PE-HD
High-density polyethylene
PE-LD
Low-density polyethylene
PI
Polyimide
PIR
Post-industrial recycled plastic
POP
Persistent organic pollutants
PP
Polypropylene
PU, PUR
Polyurethane
PVC
Polyvinyl chloride
RBA
Road-based aggregate
Sb
Antimony
SME
Small- and medium-sized enterprises
TEK
Norwegian building requlation 
TPE
Thermoplastic elastomeres
UK
United Kingdom
VANG
Van Afval Naar Grondstof
WFD
EU Waste framework Directive, EU Waste directive
XPE
Cross-linked polyethylene
XPS
Extruded polystyrene
Zn
Zinc