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<br />Subd. 24b. Postconsumer material. <br />"Postconsumer material" means a finished material that would normally be discarded as a solid <br />waste having completed its life cycle as a consumer item. <br /> <br />Subd. 25. Processing. <br />"Processing" means the treatment of waste after collection and before disposal. Processing includes <br />but is not limited to reduction, storage, separation, exchange, resource recovery, physical, chemical, or <br />biological modification, and transfer from one waste facility to another. <br /> <br />Subd. 25a. Recyclable materials. <br />"Recyclable materials" means materials that are separated from mixed municipal solid waste for the <br />purpose of recycling or composting, including paper, glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, batteries, <br />source-separated compostable materials, and sole source food waste streams that are managed through <br />biodegradative processes. Refuse-derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by incineration is not a <br />recyclable material. <br /> <br />Subd. 25b. Recycling. <br />"Recycling" means the process of collecting and preparing recyclable materials and reusing the <br />materials in their original form or using them in manufacturing processes that do not cause the destruction <br />of recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use. <br /> <br />Subd. 25c. Recycling facility. <br />"Recycling facility" means a facility at which materials are prepared for reuse in their original form <br />or for use in manufacturing processes that do not cause the destruction of the materials in a manner that <br />precludes further use. <br /> <br />Subd. 25d. Refuse-derived fuel. <br />"Refuse-derived fuel" means a product resulting from the processing of mixed municipal solid waste <br />in a manner that reduces the quantity of noncombustible material present in the waste, reduces the size of <br />waste components through shredding or other mechanical means, and produces a fuel suitable for <br />combustion in existing or new solid fuel-fired boilers. <br /> <br />Subd. 26. Regional development commission. <br />"Regional development commission" means a commission established pursuant to <br />sections 462.381 to 462.397. <br /> <br />Subd. 26a. Resource conservation. <br />"Resource conservation" means the reduction in the use of water, energy, and raw materials. <br /> <br />Subd. 27. Resource recovery. <br />"Resource recovery" means the reclamation for sale, use, or reuse of materials, substances, energy, <br />or other products contained within or derived from waste. <br /> <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: BD0910DB-A076-4C71-BB36-D135BC551975