n Thermoplastic waste material such as sprues, runners, excess parison material, sheet trimmings, and rejected parts from molding, extrusion, and thermoforming operations, that has been reclaimed by shredding or granulating. Regrind is usually mixed with virgin compound at a predetermined percentage for remolding, etc.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Regrind. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_9881
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