Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term circular market means a market that utilizes industrial processes and economic activities to enable post-industrial and post-consumer materials used in those processes and activities to maintain their highest values for as long as possible. The term compost means a product that— is manufactured through the controlled aerobic, biological decomposition of biodegradable materials; has been subjected to medium and high temperature organisms, which— significantly reduce the viability of pathogens and weed seeds; and stabilize carbon in the product such that the product is beneficial to plant growth; and is typically used as a soil amendment, but may also contribute plant nutrients.
The term compostable material means material that is a feedstock for creating compost, including— wood; agricultural crops; paper; certified compostable products associated with organic waste; other organic plant material; marine products; organic waste, including food waste and yard waste; and such other material that is composed of biomass that can be continually replenished or renewed, as determined by the Administrator. The term composting facility means a location, structure, or device that transforms compostable materials into compost.
The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term materials recovery facility means a dedicated facility where primarily residential recyclable materials, which are diverted from disposal by the generator and collected separately from municipal solid waste, are mechanically or manually sorted into commodities for further processing into specification-grade commodities for sale to end users.
The term materials recovery facility does not include a solid waste management facility that may process municipal solid waste to remove recyclable materials. The term recyclable material means a material that is obsolete, previously used, off-specification, surplus, or incidentally produced for processing into a specification-grade commodity for which a circular market currently exists or is being developed. The term recycling means the series of activities— during which recyclable materials are processed into specification-grade commodities, and consumed as raw-material feedstock, in lieu of virgin materials, in the manufacturing of new products; that may include sorting, collection, processing, and brokering; and that result in subsequent consumption by a materials manufacturer, including for the manufacturing of new products.
The term State has the meaning given the term in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6903 ). In paragraphs (7), (8), and
(9)of subsection (a), the term processing means any mechanical, manual, or other method that— transforms a recyclable material into a specification-grade commodity; and may occur in multiple steps, with different steps, including sorting, occurring at different locations.
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