Plastics basics

Plastics basics

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Any plastic that has entered the stream of commerce, served its intended purpose, and has now been diverted for recycling or export. This includes residential, commercial and institutional plastic. ...

process engineered fuels (PEF)

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PEF, (some known as pellet fuels), are produced from a mixture of industrial and/or commercial plastic scrap and other industrial and/or commercial scrap materials and/or from plastic and other ...

pyrolysis

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The thermal decomposition of organic material through the application of heat in the absence of oxygen. (The Recycler's Lexicon: A Glossary of Contemporary Terms and Acronyms, Resource Recycling ...

reclaimer

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An organization that further processes recyclable materials. When the reclaimer finishes processing, the material is ready to be remanufactured into a new product. Reclaimers sell post-consumer ...

recovered material

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Materials and by-products that have been recovered (or diverted) from solid waste. It does not include those materials and by-products generated from and commonly reused within an original ...

recovery

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The process of obtaining materials or energy resources from solid waste. (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, 245.101).

recycling

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The series of activities by which discarded materials are collected, sorted, processed and converted into raw materials and used in the production of new products.