| Buyback
Center: |
A recycling facility
that pays cash for some recyclable products. |
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| Corrugated
Cardboard: |
Boxes and other
items made of waffle-type corrugated cardboard. |
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| CRV: |
California Refund
Value. Consumers pay CRV when they purchase beverages
from a retailer and are reimbursed when they redeem
the container at a buyback recycling center. |
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| Curbside
Recycling: |
Collection of recyclable
materials at homes for transfer to a designated collection
site or recycling facility. |
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| Drop-off
Recycling Center: |
Designated location
where recyclables are accepted from the public. No cash
is paid for recyclable materials at drop-off centers.
Centers may not be staffed. |
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| HHW:
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Household Hazardous
Waste. Materials commonly used in and around households
that contain toxic substances. These include but are
not limited to: cleaning products, paint, antifreeze,
motor oil, lead-acid batteries, pesticides, insecticides,
hobby and pool chemicals. |
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| Landfilling:
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Disposal of solid
waste at a permitted disposal site or facility. |
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| Mixed
paper: |
Recyclable paper
products commingled in the same load: white paper, colored
paper, card stock, brochures, junk mail, envelopes with
and without windows, magazines, etc. |
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| MRF: |
Materials Recovery
Facility. A facility where recyclable materials are
sorted from the general waste stream for recycling. |
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| Office
Paper: |
Usually refers
to white paper types recovered from offices for commercial
recycling. |
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| Post-consumer
recycled content: |
Recyclable items
that are manufactured into new products. For example:
Plastic soda pop bottles can be recycled into fabric
to make clothing and carpet. |
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| Pre-consumer
materials: |
Reusable materials
that are produced as the bi-product of manufacturing
another item. The bi-product material is still virgin
material but is put to a different use as opposed to
landfilling. For example: Fabric scraps and remnants
are produced as a bi-product of clothing manufacturing.
The fabric scraps are then used as filling for animal
beds. The fabric scraps are considered pre-consumer
materials which otherwise would have been landfilled. |
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| Recycling: |
Collecting, processing,
marketing and ultimately using a material that would
have been thrown away. |
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| Reuse: |
The use of a product
more than once in its same form for the same purpose
or for different purposes. For example: old tires can
be made into planters or rubber floor mats. |
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| Universal
Waste: |
Universal
wastes are hazardous wastes that are generated by a
wide variety of people that contain mercury, lead, cadmium,
copper and other substances hazardous to human and environmental
health. In general, universal waste may not be discarded
in solid waste landfills. Examples of these wastes are
batteries, fluorescent tubes, and some electronic devices. |
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| Wood
Waste: |
Unpainted, untreated
lumber, and pallets. |
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| Yard
Waste: |
Grass clippings,
leaves, weeds, twigs and branches, fruits and vegetables. |
