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POST USE MATERIAL [1 record]

Record 1 2023-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Law
  • Labelling (Packaging)
DEF

Material generated by industry, commercial and institutional facilities, and households which has served its intended purpose and can no longer be used.

OBS

[Unlike "post-consumer material", "post-use material"] does not include the in-plant reutilization of materials, such as re-work, re-grind, re-pulp, scrap materials, generated within the plant and capable of being re-used within the process that generated it.

Key term(s)
  • post use material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Droit environnemental
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
DEF

Matière provenant des installations industrielles, commerciales et publiques ainsi que d'habitations, qui a servi à l'usage auquel elle était destinée et qui ne peut plus être utilisée.

OBS

[Contrairement aux «matières recyclées après consommation», les «matières recyclées après utilisation» ne comprennent pas] les matières réutilisées sur les lieux, par exemple retravaillées, rebroyées, repulpées, les rognures, produites sur place et pouvant être réutilisées dans le même procédé que celui qui les a générées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Derecho ambiental
  • Etiquetado (Embalajes)
CONT

El grupo .mdd se esfuerza en aumentar consistentemente los niveles de uso de plástico reciclado; en la actualidad, parte del plástico utilizado en el embalaje es también de material posuso.

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