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# Recycling

Définitions

Dernière mise à jour le :11/01/2021

## Définition

```

Recovery operation whereby waste, including organic waste, is reprocessed into substances, materials or products for its original function or for other purposes. Energy recovery operations of waste, operations for the conversion of waste into fuel and land filling operations are not classified as recycling operations.
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