The process of obtaining materials or energy resources from solid waste. The series of activities by which discarded materials are collected, sorted, processed and converted into raw materials and used in the production of new products. Markets specify what kind of recyclables they purchase, what price the material is worth and in what form the material is needed. See Handlers and Reclaimers . Any of a class of solid or semi-solid organic products of natural or synthetic origin, generally of high molecular weight with no definite melting point.
Most resins are polymers.
Developed to respond to public concerns about the manufacture and use of chemicals, CMA members commit to support a continuing effort to improve the industry's responsible management of chemicals. A formed or molded plastic container that serves as a package, and maintains its shape when empty and unsupported.