### Question
How does GENERAL PROVISIONS define recovered material?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 6903*, **recovered material** is defined as:

> waste material and byproducts which have been recovered or diverted from solid waste, but such term does not include those materials and byproducts generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6903*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 82-SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

