Terms used in official statistics

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Recycling


Definition:

Any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material but does not include energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations.


Source:
  • Act of 14 December 2012 on waste
    Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2023 r. poz. 1587, z późn. zm.)

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GUS – Departament Rolnictwa i Środowiska
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