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7. Environment
7.1 Polluter pays
What is a recycling raw material in general?
It is a metal alloy, more generally a healthy material associated with contaminants:
oxides ;
other metals ;
coatings, pigments and plastic resins ;
other materials: plastics, glass ;
materials of various origins: earth, stone, biological materials ;
traces of contents (packaging).
In short, as far as we're concerned, it's a metal associated with a "pollution ticket".
The recycler, who withdraws the raw materials from the market,...
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