[' ', ' ', 'The', 'Task', 'Group', 'is', 'studying', 'the', 'background', 'of', 'the', 'recycling', 'issue', 'as', 'it', 'relates', 'not', 'only', 'to', 'plastics,', 'but', 'also', 'glass,', 'aluminun,', 'steel,', 'and', 'paper.', 'Their', 'work', 'will', 'help', 'provide', 'CFSAN', 'with', 'the', 'ability', 'to', 'delineate', 'a', 'consistent', 'philosophy', 'about', 'recycling,', 'and', 'will', 'consider', 'many', 'of', 'the', 'following', 'issues:', 'Container', 'Reuse,', 'including', 'impact', 'on', 'sanitation,', 'contaminants', 'and', 'container', 'integrity;', 'Primary', 'Recycling', 'and', 'the', 'use', 'of', 'scrap', 'and', 'industrial', 'waste;', 'Secondary', 'Recycling', 'in', 'which', 'materials', 'are', 'cleaned,', 'ground,', 'melted', 'and', 'reformed;', 'and', 'Tertiary', 'Recycling,', 'which', 'involves', 'a', 'complete', 'chemical', 'breakdown', 'of', 'a', 'polymeric', 'material', 'to', 'monomers.', 'The', 'Task', 'Group', 'has', 'identified', 'the', 'need', 'for', 'new', 'guidelines', 'to', 'aid', 'industry', 'in', 'performing', 'the', 'recycling.', 'They', 'are', 'evaluating', 'the', 'feasibility', 'of', 'providing', 'advice', 'to', 'industry', 'on', 'recycling', 'matters', 'on', 'a', 'case-by-case', 'basis', 'through', 'informal', 'opinion', 'letters.', 'They', 'are', 'also', 'evaluating', 'the', 'advisability', 'of', 'preparing', 'clarifying', 'regulations', 'for', '21', 'CFR,', 'if', 'necessary.', 'It', 'is', 'fair', 'to', 'assume', 'that,', 'to', 'make', 'maximum', 'benefit', 'of', 'industry', 'expertise', 'and', 'to', 'take', 'into', 'account', 'a', 'broad', 'spectrum', 'of', 'opinion,', 'they', 'will', 'at', 'some', 'point', 'request', 'comments', 'from', 'the', 'public', 'on', 'the', 'Center’s', 'ideas.', 'This', 'request', 'could', 'take', 'the', 'form', 'of', 'a', 'Federal', 'Register', 'Notice,', 'but', 'that', 'has', 'not', 'been', 'decided', 'yet.', 'Whatever', 'the', 'case,', 'it', 'seems', 'reasonable', 'to', 'expect', 'that', 'the', 'concepts', 'of', 'Threshold', 'of', 'Regulation', 'will', 'play', 'an', 'important', 'role', 'in', 'the', 'evolving', 'recycling', 'picture.', 'III.', 'Proposals:', 'Progress', 'and', 'Prognosis', 'At', 'this', 'time', 'it', 'is,', 'of', 'course,', 'not', 'possible', 'to', 'predict', 'the', 'timing', 'and', 'content', 'of', 'a', 'Threshold', 'of', 'Regulation', 'proposal.', 'I', 'can', 'say,', 'however,', 'that', 'the', 'policy', 'is', 'still', 'under', 'active', 'consideration', 'by', 'the', 'agency', 'at', 'the', 'highest', 'levels.', '6460', '8LT2S', ' ', ' ']