Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 328 - WASTE MINIMIZATION AND RECYCLING › Subchapter G - NEWSPRINT RECYCLING › Section 328.100 - Purpose and Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose.
				  These sections set forth newsprint recycling requirements for newsprint
				  manufacturers and newspaper publishers. The sections contain recordkeeping and
				  reporting procedures with respect to the utilization of recycled-content
				  newsprint in newspaper publishing operations. These sections are applicable to
				  every newspaper printing and publishing operation in this state that publishes,
				  sells, or distributes newspapers, as well as to those manufacturers and
				  suppliers who provide newsprint for sale in Texas.
(b) Definitions. The following words, terms
				  and abbreviations, when used in these sections, shall have the following
				  meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Aggregate postconsumer recycled
				  content--refers to the total amount of postconsumer recovered material by
				  weight contained in total purchases of newsprint for a specified period. It is
				  arrived at by multiplying the percentage of postconsumer recovered fiber in
				  each shipment of newsprint purchased by the percentage of total newsprint
				  purchases that shipment represents and summing the products thus calculated for
				  all shipments received during the specified time period.
(2) De-inked fiber--A fiber which has
				  undergone the de-inking process.
(3) De-inking process--A process by which
				  most of the ink, filler, coating, and other extraneous (non-cellulose) material
				  is removed from printed or unprinted paper.
(4) Metric ton--1,000 kilograms. To convert
				  pounds to metric tons the number of pounds should be divided by
				  2,204.6.
(5) Newspaper--A
				  publication that is printed on newsprint and published, sold, and distributed
				  in the state, both daily and non-daily, to disseminate current news and
				  information of general interest to the public.
(6) Newspaper publisher--An individual or
				  corporate group of newspaper publishers which uses newsprint in a newspaper
				  publishing operation.
(7)
				  Newsprint--Paper used for the printing of newspapers.
(8) Newsprint manufacturer--A business which
				  makes newsprint.
(9) Overs--also
				  known as "overruns," are newspapers printed for sale to distributors or the
				  public which remain unsold. Overs include inserts such as magazines and
				  advertising supplements.
(10)
				  Postconsumer recovered material--Includes paper, paperboard, and other fibrous
				  products that have completed their normal cycle of production and use, but
				  excludes all papermaking waste and blank white news, which is diverted for
				  recycling prior to printing. Postconsumer recovered material may also include
				  any de-inked fiber, regardless of the source of such fiber except from sources
				  specifically excluded previously. Overs are included within the definition of
				  postconsumer recovered material.
(11) Postconsumer recycled content--That
				  portion of manufactured newsprint that is comprised of postconsumer recovered
				  material, usually expressed as a percentage of the total content.
(12) Recycled newsprint--Any newsprint
				  certified by the manufacturer or supplier as containing at least 25%
				  postconsumer recovered material, by fiber weight.
(13) Virgin newsprint--Newsprint which
				  contains 100% new materials in its formation.