Definition: material diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process

Notes on definition:

• Note 1 to entry: Excluded is reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it.
• Note 2 to entry: also known as Pre-Consumer Waste and Post-Industrial Material.

Source: ISO 14021:2016

Type of source: Standards

CLEPA comments:

• Comment 1: only Pre and post-consumer materials shall be considered in Recycled content calculations. Following sketch depicts simplified material streams in a production process.