material recycling
as defined in Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19…, Article 3(1), point (40) (Definitions)
any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into materials or substances, whether for the original or other purposes, with the exception of biological treatment of waste, reprocessing of organic material, energy recovery and reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations;