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Standard Guide for
Development of ASTM Standards Relating to Recycling and
Use of Recycled Plastics1

This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5033; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of the last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of the last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope *

1.1 This guide provides information for the development of
ASTM standards (guides, practices, terminology, test methods,
and specifications) relating to recycling and the use of recycled
plastics.

1.2 This guide is directed to consumer, commercial, and
industrial products made in whole or in part with recycled
plastics or recovered plastic products.

1.3 This guide addresses terminology, performance standards, specifications and their revisions, quality assurance,
separation or segregation of products by classes, identification
and labeling of generic classes of polymers, contaminants,
fillers, designing for recycling, degradable plastics, and certification and percentages of recycled plastics.

1.4 This guide does not address general parameters or
factors involving the original manufacture of virgin polymers
or the fabrication of consumer products from this virgin
polymers.

1.5 This standard does not purport to address the safety
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
NOTE 1—There is no equivalent ISO standard.

2. Referenced Documents

2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 883 Terminology Relating to Plastics2
D 1600 Terminology for Abbreviated Terms Relating to
Plastics2
D 1972 Practice for Generic Marking of Plastic Products2
D 5577 Guide for Techniques to Separate and Identify
Contaminants in Recycled Plastics3

2.2 U.S. Federal Trade Commission Document: