| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| CBC | Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee |
| CHA | Chemical Hazard Assessment |
| CMR | Carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic to reproduction |
| DfCE | Design for a Circular Economy |
| ECHA | European Chemicals Agency |
| EDC | Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals |
| EEE | Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
| GADSL | Global Automotive Declarable Substance List |
| GCI | Green Chemistry Institute |
| HCl | Hydrogen Chloride |
| LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
| NIAS | Non-intentionally added substances |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PBT | Persistent, Bioaccumulative and/or Toxic |
| PMT | Persistent, Mobile, and Toxic |
| POP | Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| SIN | Substitute It Now |
| SVHC | Substance of Very High Concern |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| vPvB | very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative |
| WEEE | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
| WPRM | Working Party on Risk Management |
| WPRPW | Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste |
A Chemicals Perspective on Designing with Sustainable Plastics
Goals, Considerations and Trade-offs