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

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.”

CEFR level