- Chlorine free
- Free from the use of chlorine or chlorine derivatives.
- Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relationships that living things have with each other and with the environment in which they live.
As cited from: Resources and Lexicon
- Hydro carbon
- An organic compound (as acetylene or butane) containing only carbon and hydrogen and occurring in petroleum, natural gas, coal, and bitumens.
- Newsprint
- Old newspapers and magazines that is disposed.
- Non renewable resource
- Natural resource such as coal, gas, or oil that, once consumed, cannot be replaced.
- Office waste
- Waste paper material disposed in recycling bins or from shredded waste within the office environment. Generally consists of copy paper, paper based envelopes and paper based stationery products.
- Old corrugated cartons
- Carton shippers (generally cardboard cartons) that have been utilised for purposes of handing, storage and transport of goods which has been disposed of after use.
- Peel strip
- Refers to plastic strip found on envelope flaps. Once removed, enables adhesion of the envelope flaps.
- Post consumer
- Material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end-users of the product which can no longer be used for its intended purpose. This includes returns of materials from the distribution chain.
- Pre consumer
- Material diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process. Excluded is reutilization of material such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in the process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it.
