Meaning of mass balance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An application of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems, taking into account the material that enters and leaves a system.
   countable
2. A system in which products can be labelled as sustainable or as fair trade when they only partially use sustainable or fair-trade ingredients.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“More recently, Better Cotton and Fair Trade⟳ have⟳ also adopted a mass balance system (which means if you have⟳ bought Better Cotton from farmers, then you don't need⟳ to use⟳ it in your system but can claim⟳ credit for it in conventional cotton use⟳) in order⟳ to increase⟳ uptake of certified produce⟳ so that market is not a constraint and helps achieve⟳ mainstreaming.”

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