This document specifies guidance for the development of standards and specifications covering plastics waste recovery, including recycling. The document establishes the different options for the recovery of plastics waste arising from pre-consumer and post-consumer sources.
The document also establishes general quality requirements that should be considered in all steps of the recovery process, and provides general recommendations for inclusion in material standards, test standards and product specifications.
The process stages, requirements, recommendations, and terminology presented in this document are intended to be of general applicability.
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