Postconsumer materials definition

Postconsumer materials means a finished material that would normally be discarded as a solid waste having completed its life cycle as a consumer item. (Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, Subd. 24b)
Postconsumer materials means a finished material that would normally be discarded as a solid waste having completed its life cycle as a consumer item.
Postconsumer materials means any product generated by a business or consumer which has served its intended end use and which has been separated or diverted from solid waste for the purposes of collection, recycling and disposition. The term includes industrial by-products that would otherwise go to disposal or processing facilities. The term does not include internally generated scrap that is commonly returned to industrial or manufacturing processes. (Ord. 16-1991 §1. Passed. 5-7-91.)

Examples of Postconsumer materials in a sentence

  • Postconsumer materials are a part of the broader category of Recovered Materials and Fiber.


More Definitions of Postconsumer materials

Postconsumer materials means a finished material that would normally be
Postconsumer materials means a material or finished product that has served its intended end use and has been diverted or recovered from waste destined for disposal, having completed its life as a consumer item. Postconsumer is a part of the broader category of recovered materials.