“Consumer of newsprint” means a person who uses newsprint in a commercial printing operation or in a commercial publishing operation.
NewsprintDefinitions
Section § 42750
This section defines a 'consumer of newsprint' as anyone who uses newsprint for commercial printing or publishing purposes.
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Section § 42752
The term "deink" or "deinking old newspapers" refers to the method of mixing old newspapers with water to break down the paper fibers into a pulp, which is then cleaned to remove unwanted materials.
“Deink” or “deinking old newspapers” means a process in which old newspaper is mixed with water, the paper fibers are separated to form a paper pulp, and the pulp is cleaned to remove contaminants.
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Section § 42753
This section defines 'newsprint' as a type of uncoated paper primarily used for newspapers and related advertising materials. Newsprint is mainly made from mechanical woodpulps mixed with some chemical woodpulp. It includes paper made from recycled, deinked newspapers instead of new, virgin pulp. It covers all grades of paper sold as newsprint, supercalendered uncoated groundwood, or machine finished uncoated groundwood.
“Newsprint” means uncoated paper, whether supercalendered or machine finished, of the type generally used for, but is not limited to, the publication of newspapers, commercial advertising inserts, directories, or commercial advertising mailers, which is made primarily from mechanical woodpulps combined with some chemical woodpulp. “Newsprint” includes paper made from old newspapers which have been deinked, using the recycled pulp in lieu of virgin pulp. “Newsprint” includes all grades of paper sold as newsprint, supercalendered (SC) uncoated groundwood, or machine finished (MF) uncoated groundwood.
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Section § 42754
This section defines 'old newspaper' or 'recovered newspaper' as newsprint that is separated from other trash and saved so it can be reused in creating new paper products. It must meet certain quality standards to be used as a raw material in making new newsprint.
“Old newspaper” or “recovered newspaper” means any newsprint which is separated from other types of solid waste or collected separately from other types of solid waste and made available for reuse in making new newsprint, and which meets quality standards for use as a raw material in the manufacture of a new paper product.
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Section § 42755
"Post consumer waste paper" refers to paper products that have been used and discarded by consumers, which would otherwise end up as solid waste. This includes things like waste paper from printing plants.
“Post consumer waste paper” means a finished material which would normally be disposed of as a solid waste, having completed its life cycle as a consumer item, including, but not limited to, printing plant waste paper.
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Section § 42756
Recycled-content newsprint is defined as newsprint containing at least 40% post-consumer waste paper.
“Recycled-content newsprint” means newsprint in which not less than 40 percent of its fiber consists of post consumer waste paper.
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