Material Collection

Material collection refers to the point in the recycling lifecycle when a reclaimed material is collected after its original use has ended (i.e.: it would have otherwise gone into the waste stream). Entities involved in material collection could include, but are not limited to:

• Individuals who collect post-consumer materials for sale to brokers
• Government organizations (e.g.: municipalities) that offer curbside recycling or operate transfer stations
• Brokers that purchase pre/post-consumer material from individuals, municipalities, or commercial operations for re-sale
• Commercial operations that collect their own pre-consumer material from manufacturing operations
• Commercial operations that collect post-consumer material (e.g.: retail stores).