Postconsumer recycling

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Identification of the materials of construction (i.e., plastics, paper, metal, glass, elastomers, coatings, adhesives, and other such materials) should be identified by a specific product designation (code name and/or code number) and the source (name of the manufacturer) alternate materials of construction should be indicated postconsumer recycled plastic should not be used in the manufacture of a primary packaging component, and if it is used for a secondary or associated component, then the safety and compatibility of the material for its intended use should be addressed appropriately... 

In most cases, before attempts are made to recycle plastic resins, the used parts must first go through a series of sorting processes. The purpose of these sorting processes is to separate the desired recycle plastic from possible contaminants in the incoming stream. These contaminants can take many forms. They include dirt, paper, glue, and metal as well as other recyclable plastics and even the same desired plastic but of a different color. The most postconsumer recycled plastic today is PET. This is the plastic from which all plastic soft drink beverage bottles are made. 

There are two types of recycling processes. One is preconsumer recycling and the other is postconsumer recycling. The preconsumer recycling involves raw materials, products, and by-products that have not reached a consumer for an intended end-use but they are typically reused within an original process. The postconsumer-recycled materials are those that have served their intended end-use and have been separated from solid waste for the purpose of recycling. 

Postconsumer Recycling of Plastics 373 Domestic Recycled PET Bottle End Use... 

Table 8 Some of the Markets and Products Made from Processing of Postconsumer Recycled Plastics...

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