Glossary C

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CAPTURE RATE

The percentage of generated secondary materials actually recovered from a household or business.

CARCASS

The foundation structure of a tire, including sidewalls, bead and cord.

CC

Catalytic converters.

C & D Debris

Waste generated from either the construction or demolition process consisting mainly of wood, masonry, concrete, drywall, paper, asphalt shingles, metal, ceramics, wiring/cable, and miscellaneous other building materials. Many areas have special MRFs and landfills for C & D waste.

CELLULOSE INSULATION

Insulation commonly used in construction and manufactured from waste paper (primarily newsprint) processing, with the addition of chemicals acting as retardants to fire or fibre breakdown.

CHBD

Chipboard.

CHIPPER

A chipper is pretty much strictly for wood applications, used primarily
to produce wood “chips” typically used in pulp and paper production as well as particle board and MDF production. These applications require a fairly precise “chip size”. Here again, chippers are high-speed processing units with actual “blades” that cut the lumber into chips at a specific size. (Vecoplan also manufactures chippers).

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCs)

Family of inert, nontoxic and easily liquified chemicals manufactured for use as coolants, cleaning solvents, plastic, aerosol propellants and foam insulation.

CLGL

´ Clear glass.

CO

Copper.

CO-COLLECTION

The collection of bagged recyclables together with other municipal garbage, separated later for recycling or disposal.

COMMINGLED

Mixed recyclables that are collected or processed together.

COMMINUTION

Mechanical shredding or pulverizing of waste; used in solid and water waste treatment.

COMPACTOR

Equipment that densifies recyclable material and contains it under pressure, not allowing it to expand until it is unloaded.

COMPOST

A mixture of garbage, degradable trash and soil in which bacteria in the soil break down the mixture into a soil conditioner (not a fertilizer). It has high organic content but low nitrogen.

CONC

Concrete.

CONTAINERBOARD

The component materials used in the fabrication of corrugated cardboard.

CONVEYOR

A type of bulk material handling device designed to transport product from one point to another. Types include belt conveyors, paddle conveyors, vibration conveyors, etc.

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD, OLD (OCC)

Unbleached, unwaxed kraft paper with ruffled inner liner. A recyclable material used to manufacture cardboard boxes.

COS

Computer scrap.

CPO

Computer print out paper.

CPT

Carpet.

CPTF

Carpet, foam padding.

CRADLE-TO-GRAVE

A system that handles solid waste from creation through disposal.

CRUMB RUBBER

Ground or shredded rubber.

CRUSHER

A mechanical device used to break secondary materials into smaller pieces.

CRYOGENIC SIZE REDUCTION

Process in which flexible substances are made brittle by cooling to extremely low temperatures, using liquid nitrogen and ground rubber.

CSPE-R

Chlorosulforated polyethylene.

CULLET

Crushed glass which can be added to a batch of new materials in the manufacturing of new glass products. It increases the rate of heat gain by batch and reduces fuel costs. Domestic c-- if produced in house during the manufacturing process. Foreign c-- if it comes from an external source.