[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR11.301]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 11_DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 11.3_Acceptable Material
 
Sec.  11.301  Definitions.

    Source: 65 FR 36018, June 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.


    As used in this subpart--
    Postconsumer material means a material or finished product that has 
served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or recovery, 
having completed its life as a consumer item. Postconsumer material is a 
part of the broader category of ``recovered material.'' For paper and 
paper products, postconsumer material means ``postconsumer fiber'' 
defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as--
    (1) Paper, paperboard, and fibrous materials from retail stores, 
office buildings, homes, and so forth, after they have passed through 
their end-usage as a consumer item, including: used corrugated boxes; 
old newspapers; old magazines; mixed waste paper; tabulating cards; and 
used cordage; or

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    (2) All paper, paperboard, and fibrous materials that enter and are 
collected from municipal solid waste; but not
    (3) Fiber derived from printers' over-runs, converters' scrap, and 
over-issue publications.
    Recovered material for paper and paper products, is defined by EPA 
in its Comprehensive Procurement Guideline as ``recovered fiber'' and 
means the following materials:
    (1) Postconsumer fiber.
    (2) Manufacturing wastes such as--
    (i) Dry paper and paperboard waste generated after completion of the 
papermaking process (that is, those manufacturing operations up to and 
including the cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into 
smaller rolls or rough sheets) including: envelope cuttings, bindery 
trimmings, and other paper and paperboard waste resulting from printing, 
cutting, forming, and other converting operations; bag, box, and carton 
manufacturing wastes; and butt rolls, mill wrappers, and rejected unused 
stock; and
    (ii) Repulped finished paper and paperboard from obsolete 
inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers, merchants, 
wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters, or others.