Classification pre consumer

It is material recovered from an industrial process in which the material has not been intentionally produced, it is not suitable for final use and cannot be reused on the site in the same production process from which it was generated.

EXAMPLES

Publishing industries trimming
Unsold magazines
(accatastate bene dentro cellophane)
Box factories’ trimming
Unpublished magazines
Bookbinding rebounds

Classification post consumer

Material recovered from a consumer or a commercial user. A Product used for its purpose by an individual user, domestic user or commercial/industrial entity / institutional in the role of end-user of the product.

EXAMPLES

Local separate collection of waste paper
Used books, magazines, newspapers
Used transport packaging
Used board boxes
Used print-outs
Used paper from food processing industries