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DocuSign Envelope ID: E1227292-CABD-4035-9075-56C5CB154254 <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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> Subd. 26. Regional development commission. <br /> "Regional development commission" means a commission established pursuant to <br /> sections 462.381 to 462.3 97. <br /> Subd. 26a. Resource conservation. <br /> "Resource conservation" means the reduction in the use of water, energy, and raw materials. <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 />