Accumulated Speculatively Material

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000241",
  "term": "Accumulated Speculatively Material",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "“Accumulated speculatively” if it is accumulated before being recycled. A material is not accumulated speculatively, however, if the person accumulating it can show that the material is potentially recyclable and has a feasible means of being recycled; and that - during the calendar year (commencing on January 1) - the amount of material that is recycled, or transferred to a different site for recycling, equals at least 75 percent by weight or volume of the amount of that material accumulated at the beginning of the period. In calculating the percentage of turnover, the 75 percent requirement is to be applied to each material of the same type (e.g., slags from a single smelting process) that is recycled in the same way (i.e., from which the same material is recovered or that is used in the same way). Materials accumulating in units that would be exempt from regulation under § 261.4(c) are not to be included in making the calculation. (Materials that are already defined as solid wastes also are not to be included in making the calculation.) Materials are no longer in this category once they are removed from accumulation for recycling, however.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 261.1 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/accumulated-speculatively-material/"
}