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Glossary


Post Consumer Waste

The waste collected after the consumer has used and disposed of it.
Types of Post consumer waste include:
* packaging
* parts that are not needed, such as fruit skins, bones in meat, etc.
* undesired things received, e.g.:
o advertising material in the mailbox
o a flyer received in the street without having the opportunity to refuse
o dust, weed, fallen leaves, etc.