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POST-CONSUMER WASTE [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Collaboration with the FAO
DEF

Materials or finished products, particularly paper and plastic, that have served their intended use and have been diverted or recovered from the waste stream.

OBS

Post-consumer fiber materials include recyclables collected in commercial and residential recycling programs, such as office paper, cardboard, newsprint and packaging materials. Recovered office paper waste makes up the majority of post-consumer fiber content used in recycled copy and printing papers.

OBS

post-consumer waste: term extracted from the "Glossaire de l'environnement" and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
Key term(s)
  • déchets post-consommation
  • déchets de post-consommation

Spanish

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