Postconsumer Recovered Paper

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021696",
  "term": "Postconsumer Recovered Paper",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so forth, after they have passed through their end-usage as a consumer item, including: used corrugated boxes; old newspapers; old magazines; mixed waste paper; tabulating cards; and used cordage.\n\n2. All paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes that enter and are collected from municipal solid waste. Postconsumer fiber does not include fiber derived from printers' over-runs, converters' scrap, and over-issue publications.\n\n3. Paper, paperboard and fibrous wastes from retail stores, office buildings, homes and so forth, after they have passed through their end-usage as a consumer item including: Used corrugated boxes; old newspapers; old magazines; mixed waste paper; tabulating cards and used cordage; and(2) All paper, paperboard and fibrous wastes that enter and are collected from municipal solid waste.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Paper Recycling Glossary",
    "40 CFR 247.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/postconsumer-recovered-paper/"
}