Would lead chromate pigment be exempt if it were made from post-consumer recycled materials, such as scrap automobile batteries?
No. The exemption applies only to recycled composite materials such as plastic or paper, which might coincidentally contain a regulated metal but are being reprocessed for their primary material content, and not to the four regulated metals or their compounds that have been separated or isolated from recycled materials. This includes pigments. Q: If a regulated metal were deliberately added to a package otherwise made of totally recycled material, for example a cadmium pigment added to change the color of a pail made of recycled plastic, would the package be exempt based on recycled content? A: No. The intentional addition of a regulated metal to change the appearance or characteristics of a final package is not permitted, regardless of the source of starting material used to manufacture the package, unless the package qualifies under the “reuse” exemption whereby each individual package is reused many times and its distribution and retrieval are closely controlled and documented throu
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