[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

    (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.