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PLANT WASTE
dunnage, shipping, packaging, storage, and
general office waste. Not production or
process wastes. ( I )
PLASTIC RECYCLING
a process by which plastic materiais which
would otherwise become solid waste are
collected. separated, or processed and
retumed to the economic mainstream in
the form of useful raw materials or products.
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POLLUTION
the condition caused by the presence in
the environment of substances of such
character and in such quantities that the
quality of the environment is impaired or
rendered offensive to life. (2)
POLYMERIC
a substance made of plastic.
POST CONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIALS
materials produced from products generated
by a business or consumer which
have served their intended end uses, and
which have been separated or diverted
from solid waste for the purpose of coilection.
recycling and disposition.
POSTCONSUMER RECYC4lNG
the reuse of materials generated from residential
and commercial waste, excluding
recycling of material from industrial processes
that has not reached the consumer,
such as glass broken in the manufacturing
process. (7)
POSTCONSUMER WASTE, (PCW)
any waste product that has gone through
its useful life, served the purpose for which
It was Intended and has been discarded by
the user. This is in contrast to preconsumer
waste or scrap from manufacturing.
PRECONSUMER RECYCLED MATERIALS
those materials that cannot be reused in
the manufacturing process and would otherwise
bedEFosea.~ofas solid waste.
These materiais do not include virgin materials,
nor does it include the virgin content
of scrap or by-products generated and
reused within the original product manufacturing
process.
PRE-CONSUMER WASTE
materials discarded .from industrial oper-
ations or derived from manufacturing proc-
esses.
PRIMARY MANUFACTURING RESIDUES
sawdust, chips, slabs and the like created
from the basic conversion of roundwood
into a lumber product. Sawmills and
plywood and veneer milis are the principal
operations creating primary manufacturing
residues from their processing operations.
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PRIMARY MATERIALS
virgin or new materiais used for manufacturing
basic products. Examples include
wood pulp, iron ore and silica sand. (1)
PRIMARY PACKAGE
the first layer of packaging that comes in
direct contact with the part.
PRIMARY RECYCLING
the return of a secondary material to the
same industry from which it came and
processing that material so that it will yield
the same or similar product which it was
originally as a secondary material. Examples
are the return of broken glass containers
to glass container manufacturing
plants for making new containers and the
recycling of sheet steel scrap to steel furnaces
for the manufacture of new sheet
steel.
PROCESS WASTE
the waste material from an industrial
process. Examples of process wastes are
flue gas scrubber sludges, cement kiln
dusts, sawmill dust and powder, spent so!-
vents, contaminated oils, etc. (I)
PROCESSING WASTES
any method, system, or other treatment
designed to beneficially change the physical,
chemical, form or content of waste
material. (1)
PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION
the gases, vapors, and solids that result
from the combustion of a material. (1)
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
assuming responsibility for a product and
it's packaging from conception to disposal.
PULVERIZATION
the crushing or grinding of material into
very fine particle size. (1)
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